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24 No.31514 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15 OCTOBER 2008 BOARD NOTICE 105 OF 2008 FINANCIAL SERVICES BOARD FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND INTERMEDIARY SERVICES ACT, 2002 (ACT NO. 37 OF 2002) . DETERMINATION OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS, 2008 I, DUBE PHINEAS TSHIDI, the Registrar of Financial Services Providers, after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Financial Services Providers, hereby under the definition of "qualifying criteria" in paragraph 1 (1) and paragraph 5 of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2008, determine the qualifying criteria and qualifications for financial services providers as set out in the Schedule. aISHI'b1 DPTSHIDI Registrar of Financial Services Providers

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24 No.31514 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15 OCTOBER 2008

BOARD NOTICE 105 OF 2008

FINANCIAL SERVICES BOARD

FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND INTERMEDIARY SERVICES ACT, 2002 (ACT NO. 37 OF 2002) .

DETERMINATION OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS, 2008

I, DUBE PHINEAS TSHIDI, the Registrar of Financial Services Providers, after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Financial Services Providers, hereby under the definition of "qualifying criteria" in paragraph 1 (1) and paragraph 5 of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2008, determine the qualifying criteria and qualifications for financial services providers as set out in the Schedule.

aISHI'b1

DPTSHIDI Registrar of Financial Services Providers

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SCHEDULE

DETERMINATION OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS~ 2008

PART I: PART II: PART III: PART IV: PART V:

PART Vi: PART VII:

DEFINITIONS QUALIFYING CRITERIA QUALIFICATIONS LIST OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS MAINTENANCE OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS LIST OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS MISCELLANEOUS

PART I: DEFINITIONS

1. In this Schedule:-

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

"the Act" means the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002, including, unless the context indicates otherwise, any measure referred to in the definition of "this Act" in section 1 (1) of the Act; and

any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act and in the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2008, shall have that meaning, and, unless the context otherwise indicates -

lJaccredited training provider" means a provider of occupational learning programmes;

"entry level qualification" means a qualification obtained on or by the date of first appointment, and is normally at a lower level than the required full qualification;

"ful! qualifications" means a qualification that is appropriate to a specific category or subcategory of financial products;

"generic qualification" means a qualification that addresses knowledge, skills and competence that are broadly applicable to the financial services industry, without addressing any specific type of narrow specialisation relating to a specific subcategory;

"institutions of higher education" means institutions, whether public or private, that is accredited by the Council for Higher Education to provide learning programmes at the higher education level;

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"learning" the acquisition of knowledge, understanding, values, skills, competence and/or experience through a range of formal and/or informal activities and/or processes aimed at achieving a specific learning objective.;

"professional programme and/or qualification" means a learning programme and/or qualification offered by a professional body (voluntary or statutory) for the purposes of providing specialised knowledge in a specific field of the financial services industry;

"specific qualification" means a qualification that addresses specific and/or specialised knowledge, skills and competence that is applicable to the financial services industry, and may address a specific type of specialisation and/or subcategory in the financial services industry;

PART II: QUALIFYING CRITERIA

2. (1) The purpose of the qualifying criteria is to provide the criteria against which the regulatory examinations will be set, and against which any proposed qualification(s) will be evaluated and considered for recognition by the Registrar.

(2)· The qualifying criteria applicable to the regulatory examinations are published in Annexure 1 of this Determination.

PART III: QUALIFICATIONS

3. (1) Qualifications will be approved based on the extent to which the qualification addresses the quaHfyingcriteria that had been approved and published by the Registrar.

(2) Applications for approval of a qualification must be submitted in the prescribed format as published by the Registrar, will be evaluated against the qualifying criteria for the applicable regulated function, category or subcategory, and will, upon approval, be added to the list of recognised qualifications.

(3) The following types of qualifications will be considered for recognition: (a) A qualification that is registered by SAQA; (b) an extracurricular specialist programme offered at a post­

graduate level by an Institution of Higher Education; (c) an industry or professional programme offered through a

professional body recognised by the Registrar or an accredited provider; or

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(d) a foreign qualification similar to qualifications in paragraph (a) to (c) above.

(4) Subject to the requirements of part V of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2008, qualifications will be approved in terms of the requirements in the case of-(a) "full qualifications", for category I purposes; (b) "entry level" qualifications, for category II, IIA and/or III; or (c) "full qualifications", for category II, IIA and/or III.

(5) The list of recognised qualifications will distinguish between the applicable recognition that is given to each qualification, and will indicate the following types of recognition:

(a) generic qualifications recognised for qualification purposes for sole proprietors, key individuals and/or representatives in category I FSPs, where the regulatory examinations at levels one and two are also required;

(b) generic qualifications recognised for entry level qualification purposes for sole proprietors, key individuals and/or representatives in category II, IIA and/or III FSPs, where the regulatory examinations at levels one and two are also required;

(c) generic qualifications recognised for entry level qualification and/or qualification requirement purposes for sole proprietors , key individuals and/or representatives in specific subcategories or category II, liP. and/or III FSPs, where the regulatory examinations at levels one and two are also required;

(d) specific qualifications recognised for entry level qualification and/or qualification requirement purposes for sole proprietors, key individuals and/or representatives in specific subcategories of category II, itA and/or III FSPs, where the regulatory examination at level one is not required;

(e) specific qualifications recognised for entry level qualification and/or qualification requirement purposes for sole proprietors, key individuals and/or representatives in specific subcategories of category II, IIA and/or III FSPs, where the regulatory examination at level two is not required;

(6) Generic qualifications must meet the following criteria:

(a) The quali'fication must be approved by the Registrar as a generic qualification for meeting the entry level qualification and/or qualification requirements in respect of category I, II, IIA and/or III;

(b) the generic qualification must be completed in full;

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(c) the individual must have successfully completed a minimum of three different subjects or modules that appear in the appropriate subject list, as set out in paragraph 4 of this Determination: Provided that at Certificate and Diploma level, the qualification must contain at least three of these subjects with at least one of the subjects in the field of commerce, and where a certificate or diploma has major subjects, at least one must be a major subject (final year level); and

(d) at Degree level at least one of the subjects must be in the field of commerce and of the three subjects at least one must be a major subject (final year level}.

(7) With reference to the transitional requirements, as published in Part X of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2008, the specific qualifications must meet the following criteria:

(a) (i) the qualification was assessed against the qualifying criteria for a specific Category and/or subcategory; and

(ii) where the qualification contains a fundamental, core and elective component, the fundamental, core and elective component of the qualification corresponds with at least eighty percent (80%) of the qualifying criteria for the specific

. Category and/or subcategory; or (b) the qualification corresponds with at least eighty percent (80%) of

the qualifying criteria for the specific Category and/or subcategory.

(8) With reference to post-transitional requirements, as published in Part V of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2008, the specific qualifications must meet the following criteria:

(a) (i) The qualification was assessed against the qualifying criteria for a specific Category and/or subcategory; and

(ii) where the qualifications contains a fundamental, core and elective component, the fundamental, core and elective component of the qualification corresponds fully with the qualifying criteria for the specific Category and/or subcategory; or

(b) the qualification corresponds fully with the qualifying criteria for the specific Category and/or subcategory.

(9) The list of recognised qualifications applies to all applicants, key individuals and representatives, in accordance with the Category or subcategory he or she renders financial services in.

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PART IV: LIST OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS

4. The following subjects are deemed to meet the requirements for appropriateness, and will be used in combination with the list of generic qualifications as approved by the Registrar.

Category I Category II and IIA Category III Accounting Accounting Accounting Actuarial Science Actuarial Science Actuarial science Agricultural economics Agricultural economics Applied Mathematics Applied Mathematics Applied Mathematics Applied Statistics Applied Statistics Applied Statistics Auditing Auditing Auditing Business economics Banking Banking Business Environment Business Economics Business Economics Business Finance

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Business Finance Business Finance Business information systems Business Management Business Management Business Integration Commercial law Commercial law Business Management Companies law Companies law Commercial law Consumer behaviour Consumer behaviour Consumer behaviour Corporate Finance Corporate Finance Companies law Econometrics Econometrics Computer architecture Economics Economics Corporate Finance Estate and trust law Estate and trust law Econometrics Finance Finance Economics Financial Accountina Financial Accounting Estate and trust law Financial analysis Financial analysis Finance Financial Management Financial Management Financial Accounting Financial planning Financial planning Financial analysis Financial/ Securities Financial! Securities Markets Financial Management Markets Insurance Insurance Financial/ Securities Markets Interpretation of Statutes I nterpretation of Statutes Interpretation of Statutes Investment or Portfolio Investment or Portfolio Informatics Management Management Law of contract or delict Law of contract or delict Information Technology

Architecture Management Accounting Management Accounting Information Technology

Enterprise Mathematical Statistics Mathematical Statistics Insurance Mathematics Mathematics Investment Marketing Marketing Law of contract or delict Mercantile law Mercantile law Legal Environment

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~gorl'~i_ ..... Cat~gory II and IIA Categor~ iii Portfolio Management Portfolio Management Management Accounting Risk management Risk management ! Mathematics Statistics or analytical Statistics or analytical Marketing techniques ! techniques c----- . Strategic Management Strategic l\Aanagement Mercantile law _ ...

Taxation ,Taxation Network administration Taxation law Taxation law Process Management

(Process Modelling and i Control)

Wealth management Wealth management Programming Risk Management

• Services Marketin~ Statistics Strategic Communication Management Skills Strategic management Strategic Marketing Strateg~

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i Taxation law Wealth management

PART V: MAINTENANCE OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND LIST OF RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS

5. The Registrar will from time to time, after consultation with the Advisory Committee, publish an updated version of this Schedule and lor its Annexures, by notice in the Gazette.

PART VI: LIST OF QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND LIST OF RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS

6. (1) The list of recognised qualifying criteria will be published as part of Annexure 1 to this Determination.

(2) The list of recognised qualifications will be published by the Registrar after consultation with the Advisory Committee as part of the Annexures to this Determination.

(3) The use of the abbreviation "G" in relation to a qualification on the list of recognised qualifications indicates that it is recognised as a generiC qualification for a specific subcategory, and still requires the relevant regulatory examination at second level to be completed.

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(4) The use of the abbreviation "S" in relation to a qualification on the list of recognised qualifications indicates that it is recognised as a specific qualification for a specific subcategory, and does not require the relevant regulatory examination at second level to be completed in relation to the transitional requirements.

(5) The use of the abbreviation "SP" in relation to a qualification on the list of recognised qualifications indicates that it is recognised as a specific qualification for a specific subcategory, and does not require the relevant regulatory examination at second level to be completed in relation to the post-transitional requirements.

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS

Short title and commencement

7. This Determination is called the Determination of Qualifying Criteria and Qualifications for Financial Services Providers, Number 1 of 2008, and comes into operation on date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

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Annexures to the Determination of Qualifying Criteria and Qualifications for Financial Services Providers, 2008

ANNEXURE 1: QUALIFYING CRITERIA

Section 1:

Section 2:

Section 3:

Section 4: Section 5:

Section 6:

Section 7:

Section 8:

Section 9:

Section 10:

Section 11:

Section 12:

Section 13:

Section 14:

ANNEXURE 2:

Annexure 2: Annexure 2: Annexure 2:

RE 1 : First Level Regulatory Examination: Applicants And/Or Key Individuals In Category I, II, IIA and III ................................................... 2 RE 2: First Level Regulatory Examination: Applicants And/Or Key Individuals In Category II and/or IIA .................................................... 14 RE 3: First Level Regulatory Examination: Applicants And/Or Key I ndividuals I n Category II I .................................................................... 1 8 RE 4: First Level Regulatory Examination: Representatives ................ 22 RE 5: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Long Term Insurance Category A ......................................................................... 26 RE 6: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Short And Long Term Deposits ..................................................................................... 28 RE 7: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Long Term Insurance Category B, Long Term Insurance Category C And Retail Pension Funds .......................................................................... 32 RE 8: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Participatory Interests In Collective Investment Schemes ........................................ 45 RE 9: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Securities And Instruments ......................................................................................... 51 RE 10: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Short Term I nsurance: Personal Lines ................................................................... 79 RE 11: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Short Term Insurance: Commercial Lines .............................................................. 83 RE 12: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Health Care Benefits ............................................................................................... 88 RE 13: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Pension Benefit Funds ................................................................................................ 103 RE 14: Second Level Regulatory Examination: Long Term Insurance Category A:FAB ................................................................ 107

QUALIFICATIONS LIST

Section 1 : Qualifications list for Category I FSPs ............................... 110 Section 2: Qualifications list for Category II and IIA FSPs ................. 118 Section 3: Qualifications list for Category" I FSPs ............................. 123

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vers

ee th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

sses

and

co

ntro

ls t

o en

sure

the

suf

ficie

nt m

anag

emen

t an

d ov

ersi

ght

of th

e fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

rend

ered

.

Ver

ify th

at th

e F

SP

mai

ntai

ns a

reg

iste

r of

re

pres

enta

tives

in a

ccor

danc

e to

the

FA

IS

requ

lI t:

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.

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fy th

at t

he n

eces

sary

HR

pro

cess

es a

re

deve

lope

d/am

ende

d to

ena

ble

the

FS

P t

o ch

eck,

at

recr

uitm

ent

stag

e, w

heth

er a

pot

entia

l re

pres

enta

tive

mee

ts a

t le

ast t

he e

ntry

leve

l F

it an

d P

roee

r re

guire

men

ts.

Con

firm

tha

t the

re a

re e

noug

h ro

le-p

laye

rs (

key

indi

vidu

als/

rep

rese

ntat

ives

) th

at m

eet t

he c

rite

ria

and

can

act a

s su

eerv

isor

s.

Ens

ure

that

the

supe

rvis

ors

unde

rsta

nd t

he

ir r

oles

an

d ha

ve th

e ca

paci

ty to

car

ry th

is o

ut.

Ver

ify th

at th

ere

are

leve

ls o

f sup

ervi

sion

in p

lace

to

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No

Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Exp

lain

the

dis

clos

ure

requ

irem

ents

tha

t re

pres

enta

tives

are

res

pons

ible

for

. 5.

,

Man

age

and

over

see

the

Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f Sec

tion

8 an

d S

ectio

n I

ongo

ing

de

velo

pm

en

t!

13 o

f th

e A

ct,

and

wha

t th

is m

eans

in t

erm

s of

em

ploy

men

t of

trai

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t of

rep

rese

ntat

ives

. re

pres

enta

tives

.

Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns if

a r

epre

sent

ativ

e do

es

not m

ee

t all

the

requ

irem

ents

in t

erm

s of

Fit

and

Pro

per

by th

e re

leva

nt d

ate.

6.

Deb

ar r

epre

sent

ativ

es t

ha

t D

iscu

ss t

he p

urpo

se o

f de

barm

ent.

have

bee

n fo

und

to a

ct

frau

dule

ntly

, or

com

mitt

ed

I an

y ot

her

act

that

giv

es r

ise

J Des

crib

e w

hen

the

deba

rmen

t of

a r

epre

sent

ativ

e ,

to d

ebar

men

t. sh

ould

tak

e pl

ace.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

over

see

the

repr

esen

tativ

es.

Per

iorm

the

nec

essa

ry m

anag

emen

t and

ove

rsig

ht

func

tions

reg

ardi

ng t

he r

epre

sent

ativ

es t

ha

t are

ov

erse

en b

y yo

u.

Che

ck t

hat

disc

losu

res

are

adeq

uate

to

enab

le

clie

nt's

abi

lity

to m

ake

an i

nfor

med

dec

isio

n.

Ver

ify th

at t

he p

roce

sses

are

doc

umen

ted

to e

nsur

e th

at r

ecor

ds a

re k

ept

of t

rain

ing

prog

ram

mes

at

tend

ed,

incl

udin

g co

ntin

ued

educ

atio

nal t

rain

ing

for

your

key

indi

vidu

als

and

repr

esen

tativ

es.

Impl

emen

t and

mai

ntai

n a

docu

men

ted

proc

ess

to

ensu

re t

ha

t all

repr

esen

tativ

es a

re t

rain

ed,

com

pete

nt a

nd w

ill p

rovi

de f

inan

cial

ser

vice

s on

be

half

of th

e F

SP

effi

cien

tly,

hone

stly

and

fai

rlv.

Che

ck t

hat

ther

e ar

e tr

aini

ng p

roce

sses

in p

lace

to

prov

ide

repr

esen

tativ

es w

ith i

nfor

mat

ion

and

skill

s re

gard

ing:

· P

roce

sses

· S

yste

ms

· P

rodu

cts

• S

ervi

ces

· C

ompl

ianc

e re

quire

men

ts

· R

egul

ator

y re

quire

men

ts

whe

n re

nder

ing

finan

cial

ser

vice

s.

Che

ck t

ha

t the

nec

essa

ry H

R p

roce

sses

are

de

velo

ped/

amen

ded

to e

nabl

e th

e F

SP

to

chec

k at

,

regu

lar

inte

rval

s, w

heth

er a

rep

rese

ntat

ive

is

mak

ing

the

requ

ired

prog

ress

reg

ardi

ng r

each

ing

all

the

Fit

and

Pro

per

requ

irem

ents

as

it ap

plie

s to

hi

s/he

r a~

~oin

tmen

t co

nditi

ons.

C

heck

tha

t th

e em

ploy

men

t! m

anda

tory

agr

eem

ent

with

rep

rese

ntat

ives

inc

lude

the

reas

ons

for

poss

ibLe

deb

arm

ent.

Con

firm

th

at a

ll ro

le p

laye

rs in

the

FS

P a

re i

nfor

med

ab

out:

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5

No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

-

Dis

cuss

how

the

deba

rmen

t o

f a r

epre

sent

ativ

e sh

ould

tak

e pl

ace.

Exp

lain

the

act

ions

a r

epre

sent

ativ

e m

ay

take

tha

t I

_wou

ld g

ive

rise

to d

ebar

men

t pro

ced

ure

s.

Des

crib

e th

e ra

mifi

catio

ns f

or a

FS

P i

f it

deba

rs a

re

pres

enta

tive

unfa

irly.

E

xpla

in t

he p

roce

sses

tha

t sh

ould

be

follo

wed

be

fore

a r

epre

sent

ativ

e is

deb

arre

d.

Exp

lain

the

pro

cess

and

tim

efra

me

to n

otify

the

Reg

istr

ar t

hat

a re

pres

enta

tive

has

been

deb

arre

d.

7.

Aw

aren

ess

of t

he r

egul

ator

y p

esc

rib

e t

he A

ct a

nd r

eqU

irem

ents

the

reof

. en

viro

nmen

t in

whi

ch t

he F

SP

E

xpla

in in

gen

eral

whi

ch d

epar

tmen

t and

/or

cont

act

func

tions

. pe

rson

{s)

at t

he R

egul

ator

's o

ffice

sho

uld

be

co

ntac

ted

with

reg

ards

to

the

mai

nten

ance

of

a F

SP

lic

ense

. E

xpla

in w

hat

form

at o

f com

mun

icat

ion

with

the

~;;Iator Is

req

uire

d.

Exp

lain

wha

t pr

oces

ses

are

requ

ired

to r

emai

n up

date

d w

ith r

egar

ds t

o ot

her

legi

slat

ion,

am

endm

ents

, up

date

s an

d re

quire

men

ts p

ublis

hed

that

will

affe

ct th

e F

SP

. D

escr

ibe

the

impl

icat

ion

for

a F

SP

if th

e R

egis

trar

pu

blis

hes

a no

tice

rega

rdin

g an

"un

desi

rabl

e bu

sine

ss p

ract

ice"

.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

· T

he r

easo

ns w

hy

deba

rmen

t wou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

, •

The

pro

cess

tha

t w

ould

be

follo

wed

in s

uch

inst

ance

s,

• A

ny r

ecou

rse

a re

pres

enta

tive

ma

y ha

ve.

Ver

ify th

at th

e F

SP

's H

Ra

nd

dis

cipl

inar

y co

de h

as

been

am

ende

d to

pro

vide

for

deba

rmen

t pr

oced

ures

.

Ver

ify th

at th

ere

are

inte

rnal

pro

cess

es a

nd

proc

edur

es th

at a

re f

ollo

wed

whe

n a

repr

esen

tativ

e is

deb

arre

d.

Ver

ify th

at th

ere

are

inte

rnal

pro

cess

es a

nd

proc

edur

es th

at a

re f

ollo

wed

to

info

rm t

he R

egis

trar

w

hen

a re

pres

enta

tive

is d

ebar

red.

C

heck

th

att

he

com

plia

nce

offic

er p

erfo

rms

mon

itorin

g pr

oced

ures

on

all c

ases

whe

re

repr

esen

tativ

es a

re d

ebar

red.

Inte

ract

with

the

reg

ulat

or w

hen

and

whe

re

requ

ired.

--

-

Che

ck th

at th

ere

are

pro

cess

es in

pla

ce to

che

ck

whe

ther

the

Reg

istr

ar h

as p

ublis

hed

notic

es

rega

rdin

g "u

ndes

irab

le b

usin

ess

prac

tices

".

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6

--

No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

,----

----

8.

Aw

aren

ess

of th

e sp

ecifi

c I

Exp

lain

the

obl

igat

ions

and

req

uire

men

ts w

hen

oblig

atio

ns in

ter

ms

of t

he

clie

nt fu

nds

or p

rem

ium

s ar

e re

ceiv

ed.

rele

vant

Cod

e of

Con

duct

and

ot

her

subo

rdin

ate

legi

slat

ion.

D

escr

ibe

the

requ

irem

ents

reg

ardi

ng t

he

deve

lopm

ent,

am

endm

ents

, ap

prov

al a

nd u

se o

f ~_ecimen m

anda

tes.

D

escr

ibe

the

oblig

atio

ns a

nd r

equi

rem

ents

re

gard

ing

the

use

of n

omin

ee c

ompa

nies

.

Exp

lain

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f di

sclo

sure

s.

Dis

cuss

how

to e

nsur

e tr

ansp

aren

cy a

nd m

anag

e co

nflic

t of

inte

rest

s.

Dis

tingu

ish

betw

een

actio

ns r

egar

ded

as a

dvic

e an

d in

term

edia

ry s

ervi

ces

in t

erm

s of

the

Act

. ~scribe

the

conc

ept

of e

thic

al c

ondu

ct in

the

fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

envi

ronm

ent.

Dis

cuss

the

impa

ct a

nd r

equi

rem

ents

reg

ardi

ng t

he

disc

losu

re r

ules

on

the

FS

P.

Dis

cuss

the

eff

ect

of d

iscl

osur

e re

quire

men

ts o

n I c

omm

issi

on is

exp

lain

ed w

ith r

efer

ence

to

line

of

I bu

sine

ss a

nd s

peci

fic p

rodu

ct/p

olle

y.

I D

escr

ibe

the

dis

clos

ure

requ

irem

ents

reg

ardi

ng t

he

I F

SP

, pr

oduc

t su

pplie

rs,

prod

uct

supp

liers

act

ing

as

I F

SP

s an

d fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces.

I E

Xp

lain

the

man

ner

in w

hich

com

plai

nts

are

to b

e ha

ndle

d b

y th

e in

dust

ry w

ith r

efer

ence

to

the

FA

IS

Gen

eral

Cod

e of

Con

duct

. E

xpla

in t

he s

teps

th

at

mus

t be

take

n b

y a

FS

PI

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Ver

ify th

at t

here

are

pro

cess

es in

pla

ce t

o e

nsur

e th

at t

he b

usin

ess

is i

nfor

med

abo

ut "

unde

sira

ble

busi

ness

pra

ctic

es"

and

that

they

cea

se a

ny s

uch

actio

ns.

Con

firm

tha

t th

ere

is a

sep

arat

e ba

nk a

ccou

nt w

ith

a re

gist

ered

ban

k in

to w

hich

clie

nt m

onie

s ar

e de

posi

ted.

V

erify

that

all

spec

imen

man

date

s ar

e ap

prov

ed b

y th

e F

SB

bef

ore

it is

util

ised

.

Che

ck t

hat

any

nom

inee

com

pani

es u

sed

have

be

en a

ppro

ved

by th

e F

SB

in t

erm

s of

the

nom

inee

po

licy.

vo

ntl

rmth

att

he

rep

orts

in t

erm

s of

the

lin

ee

com~an:t a

re ~ro

vide

d tim

eous

l:t to

the

FS

B.

Che

ck t

hat

disc

losu

res

are

adeq

uate

to

enab

le

clie

nt's

abilit~ to

mak

e an

inf

orm

ed d

ecis

ion.

App

ly th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

Gen

eral

Cod

e o

f C

ondu

ct.

App

ly d

iscl

osur

e re

quire

men

ts in

ter

ms

of fi

nanc

ial

prod

ucts

.

Ver

ify th

at c

ompl

aint

s pr

oced

ures

and

pro

cess

es

are

in p

lace

.

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7

No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

--~

repr

esen

tativ

es w

hen

prov

idin

q ad

vice

. E

xpla

in t

he p

rovi

sion

s o

f the

Gen

eral

Cod

e re

latin

g to

: •

cust

ody,

com

plai

nts,

· ris

k m

anag

emen

t,

· in

sura

nce,

adve

rtis

ing

and

• te

rmin

atio

n.

9.

Ove

rsee

and

man

age

the

E

xpla

in t

he r

equi

rem

ents

for

app

rova

l of

a

com

plia

nce

func

tions

as

Com

plia

nce

Off

icer

by

the

Reg

istr

ar.

requ

ired

by th

e F

AIS

Act

. I

Des

crib

e th

e ro

le a

nd f

unct

ion

of a

Com

plia

nce

I O

ffice

r.

Exp

lain

wh

y it

is i

mpo

rtan

t for

the

Com

plia

nce

Offi

cer

to b

e/ac

t in

depe

nden

t fro

m t

he m

anag

emen

t of

the

FS

P.

Exp

lain

wh

y it

is i

mpo

rtan

t for

the

Com

plia

nce

Off

icer

to b

e ab

le t

o av

oid

conf

licts

of

inte

rest

re

qard

inq

the

exec

utio

n of

the

ir du

ties.

E

xpla

in w

hat

inte

rnal

aud

it an

d co

ntro

l fun

ctio

ns a

re

requ

ired

to e

nabl

e th

e C

O t

o fu

nctio

n in

a m

anne

r en

surin

g th

at

no a

ctua

l or

pot

entia

l co

nflic

ts o

f in

tere

sts

aris

e as

reg

ards

the

dut

ies

and

func

tions

of

oth

er e

mpl

oyee

s.

Dem

onst

rate

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

con

tent

of t

he

com

plia

nce

repo

rt in

ord

er to

be

able

to s

ign

it of

f.

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ll C

rite

ria

Che

ck t

hat

the

CO

is a

ppro

ved

by th

e R

egis

trar

.

Rep

lace

the

int

ende

d C

O i

f he/

she

does

not

hav

e th

e re

quire

d ap

prov

al o

f the

Reg

istr

ar.

Con

firm

tha

t th

e co

mpl

ianc

e pr

actic

e ha

s su

ffic

ient

re

sour

ces

to p

rovi

de a

pro

per

com

plia

nce

serv

ice,

w

here

an

outs

ourc

ed c

ompl

ianc

e pr

actic

e is

use

d.

Con

firm

tha

t th

e C

O I

com

plia

nce

prac

tice

can

func

tion

obje

ctiv

ely

and

suffi

cien

tly in

depe

nden

t of

the

FS

P.

Ver

ify th

at a

ny in

tern

al c

ompl

ianc

e fu

nctio

n is

st

affe

d an

d eq

uipp

ed t

o pr

ovid

e a

prop

er

Eom

l2lia

nce

serv

ice.

M

anag

e po

tent

ial

conf

lict o

f in

tere

st w

here

m

anag

emen

t is

also

res

pons

ible

for

the

com

plia

nce

func

tion,

i.e

. a

sole

Ero

Erie

tor.

Im

plem

ent i

nter

nal a

udit

and

cont

rol f

unct

ions

to

enab

le t

he C

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l or

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s ar

ise

as

rega

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the

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nctio

ns o

f ot

her

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that

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FS

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roce

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s in

pla

ce t

o m

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r th

e co

mpl

ianc

e o

f sup

ervi

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with

the

re

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men

ts a

s se

t out

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he r

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ant

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erm

inat

ion.

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sk

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ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Exp

lain

wh

at t

he c

ompl

ianc

e fu

nctio

n re

quire

men

ts

are

with

in t

he F

SP

.

'--.

ntai

n th

e lic

ense

of t

he

Exp

lain

the

im

pa

ct o

f lic

ensi

ng c

ondi

tions

on

an

) in

clud

ing

the

£S

P.

lag

em

en

t o

f the

lic

ensi

ng

Exp

lain

wha

t th

e im

plic

atio

n is

for

a F

SP

if a

key

di

tions

. in

divi

dual

lea

ves

the

empl

oy o

f the

FS

P.

i E

xpla

in w

hat

levi

es a

re p

ayab

le to

the

Reg

istr

ar

I and

whe

n sh

ould

thi

s be

pai

d.

I. I D

escr

ibe

wha

t ci

vil

rem

edie

s an

d pe

nalti

es t

he

lli(7

Qis

tra

r m

ay im

pose

und

er F

AIS

. I D

escr

ibe

wha

t ac

tions

will

lea

d to

the

Reg

istr

ar

i im

posi

ng c

ivil

rem

edie

s an

d pe

nalti

es u

nder

FA

IS.

I Exp

lain

wha

t ch

ange

s m

ust b

e re

port

ed.

Exp

lain

wha

t lic

ensi

ng c

ondi

tions

reg

ardi

ng

prod

ucts

and

ser

vice

s m

ust

be m

et.

-Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns f

or t

he F

SP

if

the

licen

sing

con

ditio

ns r

egar

ding

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es a

re n

ot m

et.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

mon

itorin

g pr

oced

ures

on

rend

erin

g of

ser

vice

s un

der

supe

rvis

ion.

E

stab

lish

the

com

plia

nce

func

tion

with

in t

he F

SP

.

Con

firm

th

at w

here

the

com

plia

nce

offic

er f

ound

an

y in

stan

ces

of n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e th

at t

his

is

addr

esse

d an

d re

ctifi

ed.

Con

firm

tha

t the

CO

per

form

s m

onito

ring

proc

edur

es o

n re

nder

ing

of fi

nanc

ial

serv

ices

with

in

the

limita

tions

on

cate

gorie

s an

d su

bcat

egor

ies

for

whi

ch t

he l

icen

se is

iss

ued.

M

anag

e th

e lic

ensi

ng c

ondi

tions

.

Con

firm

tha

t all

role

-pla

yers

are

inf

orm

ed a

nd a

ble

to e

xecu

te t

heir

dutie

s.

Ver

ify th

at th

ere

are

proc

esse

s in

pla

ce t

o pa

y th

e le

vies

, an

d th

at th

is i

s do

ne w

ithin

the

cor

rect

tim

efra

mes

.

Con

firm

tha

t th

e R

egis

trar

is i

nfor

med

with

in 1

5 da

ys o

f any

cha

nges

to

the

FS

P l

icen

sing

det

ails

. C

onfir

m t

hat t

he F

SP

has

pro

cedu

res

in p

lace

to

ensu

re t

hat

it ca

n co

mpl

y w

ith c

ondi

tion

1 of

the

licen

sing

con

ditio

ns t

ha

t re

quire

s th

e F

SP

to

upda

te

its b

usin

ess

info

rmat

ion

as p

rovi

ded

duri

ng

appl

icat

ions

with

in 1

5 da

ys o

f an

y ch

an

ge

oc

curr

ing.

V

erH

y th

at if

the

FS

P c

hang

es t

he n

am

e o

f the

fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

busi

ness

(as

ref

lect

ed o

n th

e lic

ense

con

cern

ed)

tha

t F

SP

obt

ains

prio

r ap

prov

al

from

the

Reg

istr

ar in

com

plia

nce

with

con

ditio

n 4

of

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as

k

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns f

or a

FS

P i

f the

Reg

istr

ar

publ

ishe

s a

notic

e re

gard

ing

an u

ndes

irabl

e bu

sine

ss p

ract

ice.

Exp

lain

wha

t the

impl

icat

ions

are

for

a k

ey

indi

vidu

al a

nd/o

r F

SP

if

an a

ccre

dita

tion

is

susp

ende

d or

with

draw

n o

r la

psed

in t

erm

s of

the

M

edic

al S

chem

es A

ct,

1998

, o

r an

y ot

her

enab

ling

legi

slat

ion

such

as

the

Ban

ks o

r In

sura

nce

legi

slat

ion.

D

iscu

ss th

e re

quire

men

ts a

roun

d th

e di

spla

y of

lic

ence

s.

Des

crib

e th

e co

nditi

ons

unde

r w

hich

sus

pens

ions

, w

ithdr

awal

s an

d re

inst

atem

ents

of a

utho

risat

ion

ma

y be

im

pose

d.

Pro

vide

an

over

view

of t

he d

iffer

ent t

ypes

of

finan

cial

ser

vice

s an

d fin

anci

al p

rodu

cts

a F

SP

can

de

al w

ith.

Exp

lain

the

diff

eren

t fin

anci

al p

rodu

cts

with

ex

ampl

es o

f pr

oduc

ts in

eac

h ca

tego

ry.

Exp

lain

the

rel

atio

nshi

p be

twee

n di

ffere

nt in

dust

ry

play

ers.

D

escr

ibe

the

inte

rrel

atio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

FS

P's

in

term

s of

co-

resp

onsi

bilit

y.

11 .

Tak

e th

e n

ece

ssa

ry a

ctio

n if

I D

iscu

ss t

he e

ffect

of v

olun

tary

seq

uest

ratio

n,

the

FS

P v

olun

tari

ly la

pses

its

win

ding

-up

or

clos

ure

of a

bus

ines

s on

its

lic

ensi

ng

licen

se.

I st

atus

. (S

ectio

n 38

) E

xpla

in t

he r

easo

ns w

hy a

lice

nse

can

be

susp

ende

d or

with

draw

n.

Dis

cuss

wha

t re

cour

se t

he F

SP

has

in s

uch

a ca

se

whe

re a

lice

nse

was

sus

pend

ed /

with

draw

n.

. (S

ectio

ns 9

and

10)

D

iscu

ss t

he r

easo

ns w

hy

a F

SP

wou

ld l

apse

a

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se.

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rib

e h

ow la

psin

g a

licen

se d

iffer

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Ski

ll C

rite

ria

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ify th

at th

e F

SP

has

inte

rnal

con

trol

s an

d pr

oced

ures

in p

lace

to

ensu

re t

hat

finan

cial

ser

vice

s ar

e re

nder

ed w

ithin

the

lim

itatio

ns o

n ca

tego

ries

an

d su

bcat

egor

ies

for

whi

ch t

he I

icen

se is

iss

ued.

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ll C

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n or

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als.

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ectio

n 11

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. I V

erify

that

the

prop

er r

ecor

d I

Exp

lain

the

rec

ord

keep

ing

oblig

atio

ns a

s im

pose

d ke

epin

g ac

tiviti

es a

re c

arrie

d I b

y th

e F

AIS

Act

. ou

t.

13.

Man

age

and

over

see

/ pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

set

ting

up

and/

or m

anag

ing

of th

e in

fras

truc

ture

of t

he F

SP

.

Exp

lain

the

req

uire

men

ts r

egar

ding

rec

ords

and

the

m

aint

enan

ce t

here

of in

ter

ms

of th

e F

AIS

Act

.

Ens

ure

that

the

re a

re p

roce

sses

in p

lace

to

prov

ide

the

man

agem

ent

info

rmat

ion

that

is r

equi

red

to

com

plet

e th

e re

port

s re

quire

d by

the

legi

slat

ion.

E

nsur

e th

at th

ere

are

proc

esse

s in

pla

ce t

o su

bmit

I th

e re

port

s re

quire

d by

the

legi

slat

ion

by t

he d

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lain

wha

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urity

req

uire

men

ts f

or th

ese

reco

rds

are

in t

erm

s of

con

fiden

tialit

y an

d ac

cess

to

reco

rds.

[E

xpla

in th

e re

port

ing

oblig

atio

ns i

mpo

sed

by th

e .

Act

. U

nder

stan

d th

e re

quir

emen

ts r

egar

ding

rec

ords

and

th

e m

aint

enan

ce t

here

of in

ter

ms

of t

he A

ct a

nd

othe

r ap

plic

able

leg

isla

tive

requ

irem

ents

, in

clud

ing

FIC

Act

. E

xpla

in t

he r

equi

rem

ents

reg

ardi

ng t

he

mai

nten

ance

of

reco

rds

in S

ectio

n18

of

FA

IS.

Des

crib

e w

hat

are

the

oper

atio

nal

abili

ty

regu

irem

ents

tha

t the

FS

P m

ust m

eet.

Exp

lain

wha

t do

es t

he r

equi

rem

ent r

egar

ding

fin

anci

al s

ound

ness

impl

ies

for

the

FS

P.

Ver

ify th

at th

e re

port

ing

oblig

atio

ns a

re m

et in

ac

cord

ance

to t

he A

ct.

Ens

ure

that

ther

e ar

e pr

oces

ses

in p

lace

to s

ubm

it th

e re

port

s re

quire

d by

the

leg

isla

tion

by t

he d

ue

date

s.

Est

ablis

h a

fixed

bus

ines

s ad

dres

s.

Con

firm

tha

t the

req

uire

men

ts r

egar

ding

fin

anci

al

soun

dnes

s ar

e ad

here

d to

, an

d w

here

thi

s is

not

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ts in

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ly

man

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t ac

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ts.

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lain

wha

t it

mea

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but

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stric

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C

onfir

m t

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dequ

ate

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ss to

co

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n fa

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ies

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ies.

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Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

wh

en

sh

ou

ld i

t be

su

bm

itte

d.

Exp

lain

wh

at t

he

off

en

ses

are

un

de

r F

AIS

.

Exp

lain

all

pro

cess

es

an

d p

roce

du

res

requ

ired

~en h

andl

ing

com

pla

ints

. E

xpla

in t

he

re

qu

ire

me

nts

re

ga

rdin

g a

dver

tisin

g an

d d

ire

ct m

ark

etin

g in

te

rms

of t

he A

ct.

I ~ ..

. I I I

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

syst

em

s fo

r th

e s

afe

ke

ep

ing

of

reco

rds,

bu

sin

ess

co

mm

un

ica

tion

s an

d co

rre

spo

nd

en

ce.

Ve

rify

tha

t th

e F

SP

has

an

acc

ou

nt

with

a

reg

iste

red

ban

k, i

nclu

ding

, w

he

re r

eq

uir

ed

by

the

A

ct,

spe

cific

acc

ou

nt f

or

depo

sitin

g cl

ien

t m

onie

s.

Est

ablis

h an

d m

ain

tain

co

mp

lian

ce a

nd r

epor

ting

arr

an

ge

me

nts

fo

r th

e F

SP

act

iviti

es.

Ch

eck

th

at t

he

co

mp

lian

ce a

rra

ng

em

en

ts s

pe

cify

h

ow

oft

en c

om

plia

nce

with

pro

ced

ure

s ar

e m

on

itore

d a

nd r

ep

ort

ed

on.

Im

ple

me

nt

and

mai

ntai

n a

do

cum

en

ted

pro

cess

to

m

ain

tain

th

e a

de

qu

acy

of y

ou

r co

mp

lian

ce a

nd

mo

nito

rin

g a

rra

ng

em

en

ts.

Co

nfir

m t

ha

t p

roce

sse

s ar

e d

ocu

me

nte

d t

o e

nsu

re

reco

rds

are

kep

t o

f tr

aini

ng p

rog

ram

me

s at

tend

ed,

incl

ud

ing

co

ntin

ue

d e

duca

tiona

l tra

inin

g, f

or

you

r ke

y in

div

idu

als

an

d/o

r re

eres

enta

tives

. E

stab

lish

do

cum

en

ted

pro

cess

es

for

the

sup

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n a

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on

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tive

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e

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re t

ha

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ey

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ply

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the

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me

nt

and

mai

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do

cum

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ted

pro

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to

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sure

th

at

all

rep

rese

nta

tive

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you

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ient

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ne

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and

fai

rly.

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ple

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tain

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pro

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al

ind

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nity

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fide

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in r

esp

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rvic

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in

plac

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re a

ctiv

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out

sour

ced.

C

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ha

t th

ere

are

pro

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in p

lace

to e

nsu

re

tha

t p

rovi

de

rs s

ele

cte

d f

or

an

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uts

ou

rce

d f

un

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ns

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Co

nfir

m t

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ed

ent

ities

pro

vid

e

ad

vice

and

or

inte

rme

dia

ry s

ervi

ces,

th

at

the

y ar

e a

uth

ori

sed

FS

P's

.

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12

No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

----

-

Exp

lain

the

im

port

ance

of c

ontin

genc

y pl

anni

ng I

proc

esse

s fo

r th

e F

SP

.

---.-

14.

Man

age

and

over

see

the

Des

crib

e w

hat

is t

he a

uditi

ng a

nd a

ccou

ntin

g re

quire

men

ts t

hat

requ

irem

ents

for

an

auth

oris

ed F

SP

. au

dito

rs/a

ccou

ntin

g of

ficer

s m

ust

adhe

re t

o.

Exp

lain

the

fina

ncia

l re

cord

kee

ping

req

uire

men

ts

the

FS

P m

ust

adh

ere

to.

15.

. M

anag

e an

d ov

erse

e th

e E

xpla

in w

hat

FIC

A g

over

ns a

nd r

equi

res.

[jF

SP

'S a

dher

ence

to

the

r~uirements o

f F

ICA

and

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Che

ck t

hat t

here

are

pro

cess

es in

pla

ce to

not

ify

the

FS

B o

f any

pro

file

chan

ges,

and

th

at t

his

is

done

with

in t

he c

orre

ct t

imef

ram

es

Ens

ure

that

the

re a

re p

roce

sses

in p

lace

to

avoi

d ac

tions

tha

t ca

n gi

ve r

ise

to c

ivil

rem

edie

s an

d/or

fin

es b

eing

im

pose

d un

der

FA

IS.

Ens

ure

that

ther

e ar

e pr

oces

ses

in p

lace

to

avoi

d ac

tions

tha

t can

be

rega

rded

as

offe

nces

und

er

FA

IS.

Whe

re a

pplic

able

, im

plem

ent

and

mai

ntai

n gu

aran

tees

, pr

ofes

sion

al i

ndem

nity

or

fidel

ity

insu

ranc

e co

ver

in r

espe

ct o

f the

clie

nts

of t

he

prov

ider

or

repr

esen

tativ

es.

Ens

ure

that

ther

e ar

e po

licie

s an

d pr

oces

ses

in

plac

e to

dea

l w

ith c

ompl

aint

s.

Ens

ure

that

ther

e ar

e pr

oces

ses

in p

lace

to c

ompl

y w

ith t

he a

dver

tisin

g an

d m

arke

ting

prov

isio

ns o

f the

ge

nera

l Cod

e o

f C

ondu

ct.

Rec

ord

a co

ntin

genc

y pl

an f

or th

e F

SP

. C

reat

e a

cont

inge

ncy

plan

for

the

FS

P w

ith r

egar

ds

to t

he K

l (L

e. s

ole

prop

rieto

r.)

Che

ck t

ha

t the

req

uire

d au

ditin

g an

d ac

coun

ting

requ

irem

ents

as

it ap

plie

s to

the

FS

P,

is in

pla

ce

and

carr

ied

out a

ccur

atel

y an

d tim

eous

ly.

Con

firm

tha

t the

aud

iting

firm

/acc

ount

ing

offic

er is

or

gani

satio

nally

inde

pend

ent f

rom

the

FS

P (

or t

he

grou

p o

f whi

ch is

it

part

of)

and

able

to m

aint

ain

an

obje

ctiv

e fr

ame

of

min

d in

acc

ompl

ishi

ng it

s re

spon

sibi

litie

s.

Con

firm

tha

t the

aud

iting

firm

I a

ccou

ntin

g of

ficer

is

suff

icie

ntly

kno

wle

dgea

ble

abou

t the

ind

ustr

y fo

r th

e en

gage

men

t. V

erify

tha

t the

re a

re w

ritte

n in

tern

al r

ules

in p

lace

as

req

uire

d b

y th

e F

inan

cial

Int

ellig

ence

Cen

tre

Act

(A

ct n

o. 3

8 o

f 200

1) a

nd t

hat a

ll st

aff

are

fam

iliar

I

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No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

othe

r re

leva

nt a

nti-

mon

ey

laun

derin

g le

gisl

atio

n, a

s it

----~ppJies t

o th

e F

SP

. D

escr

ibe

how

the

FS

P is

im

pact

ed b

y F

ICA

.

----

--

Exp

lain

wha

t ac

tions

sho

uld

be t

aken

by

the

FS

P in

re

gard

to

FIC

A.

1---_

--

16.

Man

age

an

y pr

oces

ses

Dis

cuss

the

obl

igat

ions

of t

he F

SP

/key

indi

vidu

al in

re

quire

d in

the

eve

nt o

f an

resp

ect

of a

n in

vest

igat

ion

cond

ucte

d by

the

FS

B

inve

stig

atio

n b

y th

e F

AIS

an

d F

AIS

Om

bud.

O

mbu

d.

Exp

lain

wha

t the

rol

e an

d po

wer

s o

f the

Om

bud

are.

Ski

ll C

rite

ri:

with

thi

s.

I

Ver

ify th

at th

e F

SP

has

pro

cess

es in

pla

ce t

o en

sure

com

plia

nce

with

the

ide

ntifi

catio

n,

verif

icat

ion,

rec

ord-

keep

ing

and

repo

rtin

g ob

ligat

ions

und

er A

ct n

o. 3

8 o

f 200

1, a

nd t

hat

all

staf

f are

fam

iliar

with

thi

s.

Che

ck t

hat

ther

e ar

e pr

oces

ses

in p

lace

to

ensu

re

that

em

ploy

ees

rece

ive

trai

ning

in r

espe

ct o

f, an

d ar

e aw

are

of,

thei

r ob

ligat

ion

to r

epor

t su

spic

ious

tr

ansa

ctio

ns.

Che

ck th

at t

here

are

pro

cess

es in

pla

ce t

o en

sure

th

at th

e bu

sine

ss c

oope

rate

s in

the

cas

e of

an

inve

stig

atio

n by

the

Om

bud.

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14

Se

ctio

n 2

: R

E 2

: F

irst

Lev

e! R

eg

ula

tory

Exa

min

atio

n:

Ap

plic

an

ts A

nd

/Or

Key

In

div

idu

als

In C

ate

go

ry II

an

d/o

r II

A

appl

ican

ts a

nd k

ey i

ndiv

idua

ls p

erfo

rmin

g fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

in r

elat

ion

to c

ateg

ory

II an

d/or

IIA

are

req

uire

d to

com

plet

e th

e fir

st le

vel

regu

lato

ry

exam

inat

ion,

bas

ed o

n th

e qu

alify

ing

crite

ria

as p

ublis

hed

in S

ectio

n 1

and

2 of

this

Det

erm

inat

ion.

No

Ta

sk

KriU

YVIl

;:U~

e C

rite

ria

S

kill

Cri

teri

a

App

ly th

e C

ate

go

ry II

and

/or

IIA

Des

crib

e th

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s o

f a

Cat

egor

y II

and/

or

Ta

ke t

he d

iffer

ence

bet

wee

n C

ateg

ory

II an

d/or

IIA

F

SP

bus

ines

s m

odel

IIA

FS

P a

nd h

ow th

at d

iffer

entia

tes

it fr

om o

ther

F

SP

S a

nd o

ther

fina

ncia

l se

rvic

es p

rovi

ders

into

fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

prov

ider

s in

Cat

I a

nd/o

r III

. ac

coun

t whe

n m

akin

g bu

sine

ss r

elat

ed d

ecis

ions

-"--.

Dis

cuss

the

sep

arat

ion

of c

lient

ass

ets

from

P

erfo

rm t

he f

iduc

iary

du

ty o

f the

CA

T II

and

/or

IIA

cate

gory

II a

nd/o

r IIA

FS

P's

ass

ets.

F

SP

.

i Id

entif

y w

hich

ass

ets

belo

ng to

the

clie

nt a

nd

. w

hich

bel

ong

to t

he c

ateg

ory

II an

d/or

IIA

FS

P.

Inte

rpre

t ba

sic

finan

cial

sys

tem

s.

Impl

emen

t sys

tem

s an

d pr

oces

ses

to s

epar

ate

clie

nt a

nd C

AT

II a

nd/o

r IIA

FS

P a

sset

s.

Exp

lain

the

role

and

res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e di

ffere

nt

part

ies

invo

lved

, in

clud

ing

but

not

limite

d to

: •

diffe

rent

par

ties/

lega

l en

titie

s in

volv

ed,

· no

min

ee,

· M

AN

CO

,

· in

sure

rs,

~

pens

ion

fund

s,

· 3r

d pa

rty

FS

Ps,

Fin

anci

al A

dvis

ors,

· br

oker

s,

· cl

ient

s D

escr

ibe

the

need

for

rel

evan

t co

ntra

ctua

l V

erify

that

the

rele

vant

con

trac

tual

agr

eem

ents

are

ag

reem

ents

to

be in

pla

ce w

ith t

he r

elev

ant

othe

r in

pla

ce w

ith t

he r

elev

ant

othe

r pa

rty.

pa

rty.

B

usin

ess

is c

ondu

cted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he

cont

ract

ual a

gree

men

ts.

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15

No

Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

2 M

anag

e th

e ro

le o

f th

e

Des

crib

e th

e du

ties

the

no

min

ee

com

pa

ny

is

ind

ep

en

de

nt n

om

ine

e

resp

onsi

ble

for.

Exp

lain

the

pu

rpo

se o

f the

nom

inee

com

pany

.

~ I~

~~

~

Ma

na

ge

and

ove

rsee

clie

nt

Exp

lain

why

the

ca

teg

ory

II a

nd/o

r IIA

FS

P m

ust

m

anda

tes

use

man

date

s th

at h

ave

been

app

rove

d by

the

F

SB

. E

xpla

in w

hy

a m

anda

te c

anno

t be

use

d if

it is

not

ap

prov

ed b

y th

e F

SB

.

Exp

lain

why

a m

an

da

te c

anno

t be

use

d if

it is

not

S

igne

d by

the

clie

nt o

r hi

s d

uly

aut

hori

sed

repr

esen

tativ

e.

Exp

lain

why

suc

h a

man

date

mu

st a

dher

e to

the

re

quir

emen

ts in

the

Dis

cret

iona

ry C

ode

of

Con

duct

. E

xp

lain

wh

at t

he

req

uire

men

ts a

re f

or

man

date

s.

[4

Man

age

and

ove

rse

e ty

pica

l E

xpla

in h

ow

diff

eren

t pr

oduc

ts h

ave

diffe

rent

I da

ily tr

ansa

ctio

ns

turn

arou

nd t

imes

and

sho

uld

be a

dher

ed t

o.

Des

crib

e h

ow

ther

e sh

ould

be

adeq

uate

con

trol

s in

pl

ace

to m

an

ag

e r

isks

.

5 M

anag

e an

d o

vers

ee

E

xpla

in h

ow to

ens

ure

tran

spar

ency

and

man

age

disc

losu

res

conf

lict

of in

tere

sts.

6 i

Und

erst

and

the

lega

l E

xpla

in t

he l

iqui

dity

req

uire

men

t.

envi

ronm

ent o

f th

e C

AT

II

and/

or I

IA F

SP

E

xpla

in t

he im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

liqu

idity

re

quir

emen

ts,

-~-

~ D

escr

ibe

the

fidel

ity c

ove

r re

quir

emen

ts.

~~-~~~

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Ver

ify th

at t

here

are

pro

cess

es in

pla

ce to

che

ck

tha

t th

e n

omin

ee c

ompa

ny e

xecu

tes

its'

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

tow

ards

th

e C

ate

go

ry II

and

/or

IIA

FS

P.

Con

firm

the

nom

inee

co

mp

an

y co

mpl

ies

with

its

du

ties.

M

anag

e cl

ient

man

date

s in

acc

orda

nce

to

man

dato

ry r

equi

rem

ents

.

Che

ck t

ha

t the

sys

tem

s an

d pr

oces

ses

enab

le th

e im

plem

enta

tion

and

exec

utio

n o

f diff

ere

nt

turn

arou

nd t

imes

fo

r di

ffer

ent p

rodu

cts.

Che

ck t

hat t

he s

yste

ms

and

proc

esse

s ha

ve

embe

dded

con

trol

s to

man

age

and

cont

ain

risk.

Con

firm

tha

t di

sclo

sure

s ar

e ad

equa

te t

o en

able

cl

ient

's a

bilit

y to

mak

e an

inf

orm

ed d

ecis

ion.

App

ly t

he li

quid

ity r

equi

rem

ents

to

own

busi

ness

.

Ap

ply

the

fidel

ity r

equi

rem

ents

to

own

busi

ness

.

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--~,-

No

Task

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

Exp

lain

the

im

plic

atio

ns o

f th

e fid

elity

cov

er

requ

irem

ents

.

Des

crib

e th

e ap

plic

able

cap

ital

requ

irem

ent.

"EX

plai

n th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f th

e ca

pita

l re

quire

men

ts.

Exp

lain

why

the

Cat

egor

y II

and/

or I

IA F

SP

is

not

allo

wed

to

enga

ge in

the

net

ting

oft

ran

sact

ion

s.

Exp

lain

why

a C

ateg

ory

II an

d!or

IIA

FS

P m

ust

ensu

re t

hat

it o

nly

con

duct

s bu

sine

ss w

ith a

noth

er

FS

P t

hat

has

the

appr

opri

ate

cate

gorie

s/

subc

ateg

orie

s on

its

lice

nse,

and

tha

t bu

sine

ss

mus

t al

so b

e co

nduc

ted

with

in t

he p

aram

eter

s of

th

e cl

ient

man

date

. D

escr

ibe

wha

t th

e co

ntin

ual

com

plla

nce

with

the

lic

ense

req

uire

men

ts a

nd c

ondi

tions

are

.

~

App

ly t

he r

ecor

d ke

epin

g E

xpla

in t

he p

erio

d fo

r w

hich

rec

ords

mus

t be

kept

. re

quir

emen

ts

Des

crib

e th

e re

quir

emen

ts s

peci

fical

ly a

pplic

able

to

tel

epho

ne a

nd!o

r el

ectr

onic

req

uire

men

ts.

8 C

ompl

y w

ith r

equi

rem

ents

E

xpla

in w

hy c

lient

s m

ust

rece

ive

writ

ten

repo

rts

at

whe

n re

port

ing

to c

Hen

ts

quar

terl

y in

terv

als,

tha

t pr

ovid

e th

em w

ith

inve

stm

ent

and

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

.

9 In

stitu

te a

per

sona

l ac

coun

t . D

escr

ibe

why

a D

iscr

etio

nary

FS

P s

houl

d ha

ve a

\ Tra

ding

pol

icy

. pe

rson

al a

ccou

nt p

olic

y an

d w

hy

this

is i

mpo

rtan

t.

I I

Sk

ill C

rite

ria

App

ly th

e ap

plic

able

cap

ital

requ

irem

ents

to

own

busi

ness

.

Ver

ify th

at t

here

are

sys

tem

s in

pla

ce to

che

ck t

hat

netti

ng o

f tra

nsac

tions

will

not

tak

e pl

ace.

Ver

ify th

at it

onl

y co

nduc

ts b

usin

ess

with

ano

ther

F

SP

tha

t ha

s th

e ap

prop

riate

cat

egor

ies!

su

bcat

egor

ies

on it

s lic

ense

, an

d th

at b

usin

ess

mus

t als

o be

con

duct

ed w

ithin

the

par

amet

ers

of

the

clie

nt m

anda

te,

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ll bu

sine

ss is

le

gitim

ate.

C

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Se

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n 3

: R

E 3

: F

irst

Le

vel

Re

gu

lato

ry E

xam

ina

tio

ri:

Ap

plic

an

ts A

nd

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In

div

idu

als

In C

ate

go

ry II

I

All

appl

ican

ts a

nd

key

indi

vidu

als

perf

orm

ing

finan

cial

se

rvic

es

in

rela

tion

to

cate

gory

III

are

requ

ired

to c

ompl

ete

the

first

lev

el

regu

lato

ry

exam

inat

ion,

bas

ed o

n th

e qu

alify

ing

crite

ria

as p

ublis

hed

in S

ectio

n 1

and

3 of

this

Det

erm

inat

ion.

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~

Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

~-I A

pply

the

Cat

egor

y III

FS

P

Des

crib

e th

e ch

arac

teris

tics

of a

cat

egor

y III

FS

P

Tak

e th

e di

ffere

nce

betw

een

Cat

egor

y III

FS

PS

i

busi

ness

mod

el

and

how

that

diff

eren

tiate

s it

from

oth

er p

rodu

ct

and

othe

r pr

oduc

t pr

ovid

ers

into

acc

ount

whe

n pr

ovid

ers

such

as

insu

rers

and

uni

t tru

sts.

m

akin

g bu

sine

ss r

elat

ed d

ecis

ions

. - D

escr

ibe

the

reas

on f

or s

epar

atio

n of

clie

nt a

sset

s P

erfo

rm t

he f

iduc

iary

dut

y of

the

cate

gory

III

FS

P.

from

Cat

egor

y III

FS

P's

ass

ets.

-id

entif

y w

hich

ass

ets

belo

ng t

o th

e cl

ient

and

w

hich

bel

ong

to t

he c

ateg

ory

III F

SP

.

Inte

rpre

t bas

ic fi

nanc

ial

syst

ems.

Che

ck t

hat t

here

are

sys

tem

s an

d pr

oces

ses

to

sepa

rate

clie

nt a

nd C

ateg

ory

III F

SP

ass

ets.

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Exp

lain

the

rol

e an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

the

diffe

rent

pa

rtie

s in

volv

ed,

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to:

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ffere

nt p

artie

s/ le

gal e

ntiti

es in

volv

ed,

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min

ee,

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AN

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rs,

· pe

nsio

n fu

nds,

3rd

part

y F

SP

s,

• F

inan

cial

Adv

isor

s,

• br

oker

s,

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ient

s -----

Ver

ify th

at th

ere

are

syst

ems

and

proc

esse

s to

E

xpla

in t

he c

once

pt o

f bu

lkin

g an

d po

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as

sets

into

a s

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e ac

coun

t with

inve

stm

ent

allo

w fo

r th

e bu

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g of

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nt a

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t

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No

Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

----

Exp

lain

the

rele

vant

con

trac

tual

agr

eem

ents

nee

d to

be

in p

lace

with

the

rel

evan

t ot

her

part

y.

~

Und

erst

and

the

role

of

the

Exp

lain

the

dut

ies

the

nom

inee

com

pany

is

inde

pend

ent n

omin

ee

resp

onsi

ble

for.

Exp

lain

the

pur

pose

of t

he n

omin

ee c

ompa

ny

3 M

anag

e an

d ov

erse

e cl

ient

_

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lain

why

the

cat

egor

y III

FS

P m

ust u

se

man

date

s m

anda

tes

that

hav

e be

en a

ppro

ved

by

the

FS

B.

-- Exp

lain

why

a m

anda

te c

anno

t be

use

d if

it is

not

ap

prov

ed b

y th

e F

SB

.

Exp

lain

wh

y a

man

date

can

not

be u

sed

if it

is n

ot

sign

ed b

y th

e cl

ient

or

his

duly

aut

horis

ed

repr

esen

tativ

e.

-- E

xpla

in w

hy s

uch

a m

anda

te m

ust

adh

ere

to t

he

requ

irem

ents

in t

he D

iscr

etio

nary

Cod

e of

C

ondu

ct.

Exp

lain

wh

at t

he r

equi

rem

ents

are

for

man

date

s.

----

4 M

anag

e/ov

erse

e ty

pica

l da

ily

Exp

lain

how

diff

eren

t pro

duct

s ha

ve d

iffer

ent

tran

sact

ions

tu

rnar

ound

tim

es a

nd s

houl

d be

adh

ered

to.

Des

crib

e h

ow

ther

e sh

ould

be

adeq

uate

con

trol

s in

pl

ace

to m

anag

e ris

ks.

Exp

lain

how

Cat

egor

y III

FS

PS

are

onl

y al

low

ed t

o

take

in o

ne d

ay's

inte

rest

.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Con

firm

tha

t the

rel

evan

t co

ntra

ctua

l agr

eem

ents

ar

e in

pla

ce w

ith t

he r

elev

ant

othe

r pa

rty

and

busi

ness

is c

ondu

cted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he

cont

ract

ual

agre

emen

ts.

Ver

ify th

at th

ere

are

proc

esse

s in

pla

ce to

che

ck

that

the

nom

inee

com

pany

exe

cute

s its

' re

spon

sibi

litie

s to

war

ds t

he C

ateg

ory

III F

SP

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port

ing

inde

pend

ence

. C

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k th

e no

min

ee c

ompa

ny c

ompl

ies

with

its

dutie

s.

Man

age

clie

nt m

anda

tes

in a

ccor

danc

e to

m

anda

tory

req

uire

men

ts.

--

---

--

Che

ck th

at th

e sy

stem

s an

d pr

oces

ses

enab

le t

he

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d ex

ecut

ion

of d

iffer

ent

turn

arou

nd t

imes

for

diff

eren

t pro

duct

s.

Che

ck th

at t

he s

yste

ms

and

proc

esse

s ha

ve

embe

dded

con

trol

s to

man

age

and

cont

ain

risk.

Che

ck th

at th

e pr

oces

ses

and

syst

ems

only

take

on

e da

y's

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rest

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l T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

5 .

Man

age

and

over

see

Exp

lain

how

to

ensu

re t

rans

pare

ncy

and

man

age

disc

losu

res

conf

lict o

f in

tere

sts.

6 U

nder

stan

d th

e le

gal

I Exp

lain

the

liq

uidi

ty r

equi

rem

ent.

envi

ronm

ent o

f th

e C

ateg

ory

III

FS

P.

-, Exp

lain

the

im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

liq

uidi

ty

requ

irem

ents

, D

escr

ibe

the

fidel

ity c

over

req

uire

men

ts.

Exp

lain

the

im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

fid

elity

cov

er

requ

irem

ents

.

Des

crib

e th

e ap

plic

able

cap

ita!

requ

irem

ent.

Exp

lain

the

im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

cap

ital

requ

irem

ents

.

~plain w

hy

the

Cat

egor

y III

FS

P is

not

allo

wed

to

enga

ge in

the

net

ting

of tr

ansa

ctio

ns.

rXP

lain

how

a C

ateg

ory

III F

SP

mus

t en

sure

th

at

it on

ly c

ondu

cts

busi

ness

with

ano

ther

FS

P t

ha

t ha

s th

e ap

prop

riat

e ca

tego

ries

/ su

bcat

egor

ies

on it

s lic

ense

, an

d th

at

busi

ness

mus

t al

so b

e co

nduc

ted

with

in t

he p

aram

eter

s of

the

clie

nt m

anda

te

Des

crib

e w

hat

the

cont

inua

l co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith t

he

licen

se r

equi

rem

ents

and

con

ditio

ns a

re.

- 7 A

pply

the

rec

ord

keep

ing

Exp

lain

the

per

iod

for

whi

ch r

ecor

ds m

ust b

e ke

pt.

requ

irem

ents

.

Des

crib

e th

e re

quir

emen

ts s

peci

fical

ly a

pplic

able

to

tele

phon

e an

d/or

ele

ctro

nic

requ

irem

ents

. .-

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Con

firm

tha

t dis

clos

ures

are

ade

quat

e to

ena

ble

clie

nt's

abi

lity

to m

ake

an

info

rmed

dec

isio

n.

I App

ly th

e liq

uidi

ty r

equi

rem

ents

to

own

busi

ness

.

App

ly th

e fid

elity

req

uire

men

ts t

o ow

n bu

sine

ss.

App

ly th

e ap

plic

able

cap

ital

requ

irem

ents

to

own

\

busi

ness

.

Ver

ify t

hat t

here

are

sys

tem

s in

pla

ce t

o ch

eck

that

ne

tting

of t

rans

actio

ns w

ill n

ot t

ake

plac

e.

Con

firm

tha

t it

only

con

duct

s bu

sine

ss w

ith a

noth

er I

F

SP

tha

t ha

s th

e ap

prop

riate

cat

egor

ies/

.

subc

ateg

orie

s on

its

lice

nse,

and

th

at

busi

ness

m

ust

also

be

cond

ucte

d w

ithin

the

par

amet

ers

of

the

clie

nt m

anda

te,

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ll bu

sine

ss is

le

gitim

ate.

C

heck

tha

t th

ere

are

syst

ems

in p

lace

to

chec

k th

at n

ew p

rodu

cts

or p

ropo

sed

busi

ness

ven

ture

s w

ill m

ee

t the

lim

itatio

ns o

f th

e li

cens

e re

quir

emen

ts

and

cond

ition

s ar

e.

Inco

rpor

ate

the

reco

rd k

eepi

ng r

equi

rem

ents

whe

n pl

anni

ng s

yste

m u

pdat

es a

nd s

trat

egic

initi

ativ

es.

. Ver

ify th

at s

yste

ms

are

in p

lace

to m

anag

e th

e re

cord

kee

ping

ris

ks o

f el

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onic

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No

T

as

k

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a ------

8 C

ompl

y w

ith r

equi

rem

ents

E

xpla

in w

hy

clie

nts

mus

t rec

eive

writ

ten

repo

rts

at

whe

n re

port

ing

to c

lient

s qu

arte

rly

inte

rval

s. t

hat

prov

ide

them

with

in

vest

men

t and

rel

ated

inf

orm

atio

n.

9 A

pply

kno

wle

dge

of t

he

Exp

lain

how

the

acco

untin

g an

d un

it ac

coun

ting

and

unit

reco

ncili

atio

ns w

ork.

re

conc

il lat

ions

1C

) A

pply

kno

wle

dge

of h

ow

Exp

lain

how

inte

rmed

iarie

s m

ust b

e lic

ense

d in

term

edia

ries

mu

st b

e lic

ense

d be

fore

th

ey

can

do b

usin

ess.

be

fore

th

ey

can

do b

usin

ess.

11

Dea

l w

ith r

ebat

es

Exp

lain

how

reb

ates

wor

k.

~pla.rn

all

the

rela

ted

disc

losu

res

as i

t app

lies

to

I

-----

---

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ify th

at tt

-en

able

the

p qu

arte

rly

rer

-----

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

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are

syst

ems

and

proc

esse

s th

at

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ratio

n an

d de

liver

y o

f acc

urat

e iQ

rts.

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Sec

tion

4:

RE

4:

Fir

st L

evel

Re

gu

lato

ry E

xam

inat

ion:

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

(1)

All

repr

esen

tativ

es p

erfo

rmin

g fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

in r

elat

ion

to c

ateg

ory

I, II,

IIA

and

/or

III a

re r

equi

red

to c

ompl

ete

the

first

lev

el r

egul

ator

y ex

amin

atio

n, b

ased

on

the

qual

ifyin

g cr

iteria

:

No

-r-

Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

1 .

Exe

cute

the

req

uire

d ac

tions

as

Des

crib

e th

e ro

les,

res

pons

ibili

ties

and

App

ly k

now

ledg

e o

f the

rol

e o

f the

rep

rese

ntat

ive

a re

pres

enta

tive,

in

term

s of

the

. re

quir

emen

ts r

egar

ding

rep

rese

ntat

ives

as

defin

ed

in t

erm

s of

the

FA

IS A

ct.

FA

IS A

ct.

in t

he F

AIS

Act

. D

escr

ibe

the

role

and

res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e ke

y I

indi

vidu

al a

s de

fined

in t

he F

AIS

Act

. E

xpla

in t

he r

equi

rem

ents

for

lic

ensi

ng b

y th

e F

SB

fo

r th

e ro

le o

f th

e re

pres

enta

tive.

E

xpla

in w

hen

an i

ndiv

idua

l is

obl

iged

to

be

regi

ster

ed a

s a

repr

esen

tativ

e in

ter

ms

of F

AIS

. E

xpla

in t

he f

it an

d pr

oper

req

uire

men

ts t

hat a

pply

to

the

rep

rese

ntat

ives

. D

iscu

ss t

he p

urpo

se o

f the

reg

iste

r o

f re

pres

enta

tives

. D

istin

guis

h be

twee

n ad

vice

and

int

erm

edia

ry

serv

ices

in t

erm

s of

the

Act

. E

xpla

in w

hen

repr

esen

tativ

es c

an a

ct u

nder

su

perv

isio

n.

Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns i

f a r

epre

sent

ativ

e do

es

not m

ee

t al

l th

e re

quir

emen

ts in

ter

ms

of F

it an

d P

rope

r by

the

rel

evan

t da

te.

Exp

lain

the

rec

ord

keep

ing

requ

irem

ents

in t

erm

s K

eep

reco

rds

in t

erm

s of

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

of S

ectio

n 18

of

the

FA

IS A

ct a

nd t

he G

ener

al

Act

and

Gen

eral

Cod

e of

Con

duct

. C

ode

of C

ondu

ct.

--- ~nt

ribu

te to

war

ds m

aint

aini

ng

Exp

lain

the

req

uire

men

ts a

FS

P m

ust

me

et t

o A

ssis

t in

mai

ntai

ning

a F

SP

lic

ense

by

exec

utin

g 2.

a

FS

P l

icen

se.

mai

ntai

n a

FS

P li

cens

e.

the

requ

ired

actio

ns a

s a

repr

esen

tativ

e, i

n te

rms

of

Act

. -

Exp

lain

wha

t pr

oces

ses

are

requ

ired

to r

emai

n up

date

d w

ith r

egar

ds t

o ot

her

legi

slat

ion,

am

endm

ents

, up

date

s an

d re

quire

men

ts p

ublis

hed

that

will

aff

ect

the

FS

P.

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Tas

k -------

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Exp

lain

wh

at

is m

ea

nt b

y "u

ndes

irabl

e pr

actic

es".

, D

escr

ibe

the

impl

icat

ion

for

a F

SP

if t

he R

egis

trar

pu

blis

hes

a no

tice

rega

rdin

g an

"un

desi

rabl

e bu

sine

ss p

ract

ice"

. -~~~

Exp

lain

the

rep

arat

ion

mea

sure

s av

aila

ble

to t

he

Reg

istr

ar i

f a F

SP

con

tinue

s w

ith u

ndes

irabl

e bu

sine

ss p

ract

ices

. D

iscu

ss t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of t

he A

ct a

roun

d th

e ~ay o

f lic

ence

s.

. E

xpla

in t

he r

easo

ns w

hy a

lice

nse

can

be

susp

ende

d or

with

draw

n.

Exp

lain

wh

at

reco

urse

a F

SP

has

in a

cas

e w

here

its

lic

ense

has

bee

n su

spen

ded

or w

ithdr

awn.

D

iscu

ss t

he r

easo

ns w

hy a

FS

P w

ould

lap

se a

lic

ense

. ---C

--"

Des

crib

e h

ow

laps

ing

a lic

ense

diff

ers

from

su

spen

sion

or

with

draw

als.

D

escr

ibe

the

cond

ition

s un

der

whi

ch a

lice

nse

can

be r

eins

tate

d.

Des

crib

e th

e co

nditi

ons

unde

r w

hich

i

rein

stat

emen

ts o

f au

thor

isat

ion

ma

y be

im

pose

d.

Des

crib

e th

e r

ole

and

pow

ers

of th

e O

mbu

d.

~ A

dher

e to

the

spe

cific

E

xpla

in t

he o

blig

atio

ns a

nd r

equi

rem

ents

whe

n ob

ligat

ions

in t

erm

s o

f the

cl

ient

fund

s o

r pr

emiu

ms

are

rece

ived

. re

leva

nt C

od

e o

f C

ondu

ct a

nd

Exp

lain

the

im

port

ance

of

disc

losu

res.

ot

her

subo

rdin

ate

legi

slat

ion.

D

iscu

ss t

he i

mpa

ct a

nd r

equi

rem

ents

reg

ardi

ng

the

disc

losu

re r

ules

on

the

FS

P.

Dis

cuss

the

eff

ect o

f di

sclo

sure

req

uire

men

ts o

n co

mm

issi

on is

exp

lain

ed w

ith r

efer

ence

to

line

of

busi

ness

and

spe

cific

pro

duct

/pol

icy.

D

escr

ibe

the

disc

losu

re r

equi

rem

ents

reg

ardi

ng

the

FS

P,

prod

uct s

uppl

iers

, pr

oduc

t sup

plie

rs

actin

q as

FS

Ps

and

finan

cial

ser

vice

s.

L~~ ..

. -----

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Che

ck t

hat

exec

utiv

es o

f du

ties

and

actio

ns d

o no

t co

nstit

ute

unde

sira

ble

busi

ness

pra

ctic

es.

-------

Com

ply

with

any

req

uire

men

ts t

he O

mbu

d m

ay

ha

"e in

the

eve

r:lt o

f an

inv

estig

atio

n.

Adh

ere

to t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of t

he C

od

e w

hen

depo

sitin

g cl

ient

's m

onie

s.

Use

dis

clos

ures

that

are

ade

quat

e to

ena

ble

clie

nt's

abi

lity

to m

ake

an i

nfor

med

dec

isio

n.

App

ly th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

Gen

eral

Cod

e of

C

ondu

ct.

. A

pply

dis

Clo

sure

re

qu

ire

me

nts

inte

rms

of fi

nanc

ial

prod

ucts

.

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o T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

--

Dis

cuss

ho

w to

ens

ure

tran

spar

ency

and

man

age

conf

lict o

f in

tere

sts.

D

istin

guis

h be

twee

n ac

tions

reg

arde

d as

adv

ice

and

inte

rmed

iary

ser

vice

s in

ter

ms

of th

e A

ct.

Des

crib

e th

e co

ncep

t of e

thic

al c

ondu

ct in

the

fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

envi

ronm

ent.

Dis

cuss

you

r ro

le i

n te

rms

of e

thic

al c

ondu

ct in

the

~ncial s

ervi

ces

envi

ronm

ent.

I E

xpla

in t

he m

anne

r in

whi

ch c

ompl

aint

s ar

e to

be

i ha

ndle

d by

the

indu

stry

with

ref

eren

ce t

o th

e F

AIS

G

ener

al C

ode

of C

ondu

ct.

Exp

lain

the

ste

ps t

hat

mus

t be

tal

-<en

by

a F

SP

I re

pres

enta

tives

whe

n pr

ovid

ing

advi

ce.

!--E

xpla

in t

he p

rovi

sion

s o

f th

e G

ener

al C

ode

rela

ting

to: ·

cust

ody,

· co

mpl

aint

s,

· ris

k m

anag

emen

t, •

insu

ranc

e,

• ad

vert

isin

g an

d •

term

inat

ion.

i-

----

--A

pply

kno

wle

dge

of f

inan

cial

P

rovi

de a

n ov

ervi

ew o

f th

e di

ffere

nt t

ypes

of

4.

prod

ucts

. fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

and

finan

cial

pro

duct

s a

FS

P c

an

deal

with

. E

xpla

in t

he r

elat

ions

hip

betw

een

diff

eren

t ind

ustr

y

I---

play

ers.

5.

A

war

enes

s of

con

sequ

ence

s D

iscu

ss t

he p

urpo

se o

f de

barm

ent.

for

repr

esen

tativ

es t

ha

t ha

ve

been

fou

nd t

o ac

t fra

udul

ently

, or

com

mitt

ed a

ny o

ther

act

tha

t D

escr

ibe

the

reas

ons

wh

y de

barm

ent

wou

ld b

e gi

ves

rise

to d

ebar

men

t.

cons

ider

ed.

Dis

cuss

the

proc

ess

tha

t w

ould

be

follo

wed

in

such

ins

tanc

es.

---

Ski

ll C

rite

ri,

Beh

ave

ethi

cally

whe

n pr

ovid

ing

finan

cial

ser

vice

s w

ithin

the

fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

envi

ronm

ent.

Pro

vide

an

exam

ple

of

ethi

cal v

s. u

neth

ical

co

nduc

t in

the

fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

envi

ronm

ent.

Fol

low

the

com

plai

nts

proc

edur

es a

nd p

roce

sses

th

at a

re in

pla

ce.

App

ly k

now

ledg

e of

the

finan

cial

pro

duct

s an

d ro

le

play

ers

with

in t

he f

inan

cial

ser

vice

s en

viro

nmen

t.

Che

ck th

at th

e em

ploy

men

t! m

anda

tory

agr

eem

ent

with

rep

rese

ntat

ives

inc

lude

the

reas

ons

for

poss

ible

deb

arm

ent.

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..

No

Ta

sk

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

i E

xpla

in w

hat

reco

urse

a r

epre

sent

ativ

e m

ay h

ave.

Exp

lain

the

pro

cess

and

tim

efra

me

in w

hich

the

FS

P s

houl

d no

tify

the

Reg

istr

ar t

hat

a re

pres

enta

tive

has

been

deb

arre

d.

6.

Alig

n ex

ecut

ion

of d

utie

s an

d D

escr

ibe

the

role

and

fun

ctio

n of

a C

ompl

ianc

e ac

tions

with

the

com

plia

nce

Offi

cer.

re

quire

men

ts.

7.

Car

ry o

ut t

he p

rope

r re

cord

E

xpla

in t

he r

ecor

d ke

epin

g ob

ligat

ions

as

impo

sed

keep

ing

activ

ities

. by

the

FA

IS A

ct.

Exp

lain

the

req

uire

men

ts r

egar

ding

the

m

aint

enan

ce o

f re

cord

s in

ter

ms

of t

he F

AIS

Act

. E

xpla

in t

he r

equi

rem

ents

reg

ardi

ng r

ecor

ds a

nd

the

mai

nten

ance

the

reof

in t

erm

s of

oth

er

appl

icab

le le

gisl

ativ

e re

quire

men

ts,

incl

udin

g F

ICA

. I--

cc, ..

i

Des

crib

e th

e re

quire

men

ts i

mpo

sed

whe

n re

cord

ke

epin

g is

out

sour

ced

to a

third

par

ty.

Exp

lain

in w

hat f

orm

at

the

reco

rds

shou

ld b

e st

ored

and

ret

rieve

d in

acc

orda

nce

to t

he in

dust

ry

stan

dard

. ~ .. -....

Exp

lain

wha

t the

sec

urity

req

Uire

men

ts f

or t

hese

re

cord

s ar

e in

ter

ms

of c

onfid

entia

lity

and

acce

ss

to r

ecor

ds.

a A

dher

e to

the

req

uire

men

ts o

f E

xpla

in w

hat

FIC

A g

over

ns a

nd r

equi

res.

F

ICA

and

oth

er r

elev

ant

anti-

Des

crib

e h

ow

the

FS

P is

impa

cted

by

FIC

A.

mon

ey la

unde

ring

legi

slat

ion,

as

it

appl

ies

to t

he F

SP

.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Con

firm

tha

t w

here

the

com

plia

nce

offic

er fo

und

any

inst

ance

s of

non

-com

plia

nce

that

this

is

addr

esse

d an

d re

ctifi

ed.

Fol

low

the

proc

esse

s in

pla

ce t

o pr

ovid

e th

e m

anag

emen

t inf

orm

atio

n th

at is

req

uire

d to

co

mpl

ete

the

repo

rts

in t

erm

s of

legi

slat

ion.

Exe

cute

the

thi

rd p

arty

out

sour

cing

ag

ree

me

nt

corr

ectly

whe

re a

eelic

able

. C

arry

out

the

reco

rd k

eepi

ng f

unct

iona

lity

corr

ectly

, in

clud

ing

retr

ieva

l of

rec

ords

.

-----

Com

ply

with

the

ide

ntifi

catio

n, v

erifi

catio

n, r

ecor

d-ke

epin

g an

d re

port

ing

oblig

atio

ns u

nder

Act

no.

38

of 2

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Sec

tion

5:

RE

5:

Sec

ond

Leve

l Re

gu

lato

ry E

xam

inat

ion:

Lon

g T

erm

Ins

uran

ce C

ateg

ory

A a

nd C

ateg

ory

IV

(1)

Ap

plic

an

ts a

nd K

ey

Ind

ivid

ua

ls i

n re

latio

n to

Ca

teg

ory

I,

sub

cate

go

rie

s 1:

1 Lo

ng-t

erm

In

sura

nce

cate

go

ry A

and

ca

teg

ory

IV

are

als

o re

quir

ed t

o co

mp

lete

the

se

con

d le

vel r

eg

ula

tory

exa

min

atio

n, L

ong-

term

Ins

uran

ce c

ate

go

ry A

and

Ca

teg

ory

A

ll re

pre

sen

tativ

es

pe

rfo

rmin

g f

inan

cial

ser

vice

s in

rel

atio

n to

ca

teg

ory

I, s

ub

cate

go

ry 1

.1 L

ong

Te

rm In

sura

nce

Ca

teg

ory

A a

re r

equi

red

to

com

ple

te a

fir

st l

evel

re

gu

lato

ry e

xam

inat

ion,

ba

sed

on

the

qua

lifyi

ng c

rite

ria

as i

t ap

pear

s in

Sec

tion

4 an

d a

seco

nd l

evel

reg

ulat

ory

exam

inat

ion

ba

sed

on

the

qual

ifyin

g cr

iteri

a in

Se

ctio

n 5

; (3

) E

xam

ina

tion

b

od

ies

ha

ve t

he

dis

cre

tion

ary

pow

ers

to o

ffer

a c

om

bin

atio

n

exam

inat

ion

for

repr

esen

tativ

es

wor

king

w

ith

Long

T

erm

In

sura

nce

Ca

teg

ory

A,

wh

ere

su

ch r

epre

sent

ativ

es m

ay

cho

ose

to

com

plet

e on

e ex

amin

atio

n th

at a

dd

ress

es

the

qu

alif

yin

g c

rite

ria

as i

t ap

pear

s in

Se

ctio

ns

4 an

d 5;

(4

) T

he

qu

alif

yin

g c

rite

ria

in S

ectio

n 4

and

Sec

tion

5 se

rve

as

the

crite

ria

agai

nst

whi

ch q

ua

lific

atio

ns

will

be

eval

uate

d fo

r in

clus

ion

on t

he l

ist

of

reco

gnis

ed q

ualif

icat

ions

.

No

Ta

sk

1.

Iin

for

Long

1 a

clie

nt

in t

erm

s of

a

2.

term

Ca

teg

ory

A p

rodu

ct.

Edu

claim

-

3.te

a

clie

nt

ab

ou

t th

e

proc

edur

es.

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Exp

lain

wh

at

fun

era

l in

sura

nce

co

ver

is a

nd w

ha

t it

cove

rs.

Exp

lain

the

exc

lusi

ons,

rul

es a

nd r

egul

atio

ns o

f th

e pr

oduc

t.

I D

esc

rib

e t

he w

aitin

g pe

riod

s an

d w

hen

it ap

plie

s.

Exp

lain

the

lim

its r

elat

ing

to w

ho

is c

over

ed in

te

rms

of t

he

legi

slat

ive

age.

D

esc

rib

e th

e pr

edef

ined

po

licy

pa

ram

ete

rs in

te

rms

of

cove

r, i

nclu

ding

bu

t n

ot l

imite

d to

:

· fa

mily

de

pe

nd

an

ts,

• ch

ildre

n,

· sp

ouse

s.

Exp

lain

th

e d

iffe

ren

t typ

es o

f gro

ups

and

lega

l/ co

ntra

ctua

l re

qu

ire

me

nts

/lim

itatio

ns.

E

xpla

in t

he le

ga

l/ co

ntra

ctua

l ob

ligat

ion

rega

rdin

g p

rem

ium

s an

d w

hen

cove

r fa

lls a

way

. D

esc

rib

e t

he

co

nta

ct d

etai

ls a

nd c

laim

s pr

oced

ures

.

I f---.-

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Info

rm t

he c

lient

wh

at

will

be

cove

red

by

the

long

-te

rm c

ateg

ory

A p

rodu

ct.

Exp

lain

th

e e

xclu

sion

s to

the

clie

nt in

the

eve

nt o

f ce

rtai

n pr

e-de

fined

cov

ers.

Info

rm t

he c

lient

of t

he a

pplic

able

wa

itin

g p

erio

ds.

Cla

rify

the

lim

its o

f th

e co

ver

prov

ided

by

the

po

licy

to t

he

clie

nt.

. In

form

the

clie

nt w

ho c

an b

e co

vere

d u

nd

er

the

polic

y.

Ed

uca

te a

gro

up w

ha

t th

ey

can

do r

egar

ding

the

fu

nera

l co

ver

& p

olic

ies

with

the

ir m

em

be

rs.

Info

rm t

he c

lient

of t

he

co

nse

qu

en

ces

if m

on

thly

pr

emiu

ms

are

not

paid

. S

ho

w th

e cl

ient

ho

w th

e cl

aim

s p

roce

ss w

ork

s an

d w

ha

t d

ocu

me

nts

are

req

uire

d.

Info

rm t

he c

lien

t who

to

cont

act,

and

ho

w q

uic

kly

the

y sh

ould

do

this

aft

er

the

dea

th o

f th

e in

sure

d pe

rson

.

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I No

Tas

k K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

,3,

I A

dher

e to

re

cord

ke

epin

g E

xpla

in w

hy c

opie

s o

f pol

icie

s th

at h

ave

been

sol

d I

. requ

irem

ents

as

it

appl

ies

to

shou

ld b

e ke

12t.

I fu

nera

l in

sura

nce

polic

ies.

E

xpla

in w

hy

a su

mm

ary

of th

e po

licy

docu

men

t sh

ould

be

prov

ided

to

the

clie

nt.

14 :

Adh

ere

to t

he G

ener

al C

ode

of

i E

xpla

in t

he d

iscl

osur

e re

quire

men

ts in

ter

ms

of th

e C

ondu

ct d

iscl

osur

e I

Gen

eral

Cod

e of

Con

duct

. I

requ

irem

ents

. I

15 .

'I

App

ly k

now

ledg

e in

the

wor

k !

Des

crib

e th

e ro

le o

f the

und

erw

riter

and

whe

n th

e co

ntex

t o

f the

rel

atio

nshi

p po

licy

wou

ld b

e va

lid (

legi

timat

e).

betw

een

the

FS

P,

the

unde

rwrit

er,

adm

inis

trat

or a

nd

Exp

lain

wha

t the

und

erw

rite

r do

es r

egar

ding

ris

k to

th

e cl

ient

. th

e bu

sine

ss a

nd t

he c

lient

.

--

6.

App

ly k

now

ledg

e of

the

role

of

. E

xpla

in t

he p

roce

ss in

the

eve

nt o

f a

clie

nt

the

Om

bud

I O

mb

ud

sma

n

com

plai

ning

. re

gard

ing

com

plai

nts.

E

xpla

in t

he r

ole

of t

he F

AIS

Om

bud

and

the

Life

O

mbu

dsm

an a

nd w

hat

they

do

whe

n th

ere

is a

co

mpl

aint

.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Ver

ify th

at th

e ad

min

istr

ator

s ar

e ke

epin

g co

pies

of

the

fune

ral

insu

ranc

e po

licie

s so

ldl i

ssue

d.

Pro

vide

the

clie

nt w

ith a

sum

mar

y o

f the

pol

icy

I do

cum

ent.

. A

pply

the

dis

clos

ure

requ

irem

ents

w

hen

selli

ng a

I

fune

ral

insu

ranc

e po

licy

to a

clie

nt.

I

Edu

cate

the

clie

nt in

ter

ms

of fa

ctor

s he

lshe

sho

uld

be a

war

e of

.

Edu

cate

the

clie

nt in

ter

ms

of r

isks

tha

t sh

ould

be

avoi

ded.

Edu

cate

the

clie

nt in

ter

ms

of t

he r

ole

of th

e O

mbu

d I

/ O

mbu

dsm

an r

egar

ding

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plai

nts.

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28

Se

ctio

n 6

: R

E 6

: S

eco

nd

Le

vel

Re

gu

lato

ry E

xam

ina

tion

: S

ho

rt A

nd

Lo

ng

Ter

m D

ep

osi

ts

(1 )

(2)

(3)

No.

-

All

repr

esen

tativ

es p

erfo

rmin

g fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

in r

elat

ion

to c

ateg

ory

I, su

bcat

egor

ies

Sho

rt a

nd L

ong

Ter

m D

epos

its a

re r

equi

red

to

com

plet

e a

first

lev

el r

egul

ator

y ex

amin

atio

n, b

ased

on

the

qual

ifyin

g cr

iteria

as

it ap

pear

s in

Sec

tion

4 an

d a

seco

nd l

evel

reg

ulat

ory

exam

inat

ion

base

d on

the

qua

lifyi

ng c

riter

ia in

Sec

tion

6;

Exa

min

atio

n bo

dies

ha

ve t

he d

iscr

etio

nary

pow

ers

to

offe

r a

com

bina

tion

exam

inat

ion

for

repr

esen

tativ

es

wor

king

w

ith

Cat

egor

y I,

subc

ateg

orie

s S

hort

and

Lon

g T

erm

Dep

osits

, w

here

suc

h re

pres

enta

tives

may

cho

ose

to c

ompl

ete

one

exam

inat

ion

that

add

ress

es t

he

qual

ifyin

g cr

iteria

as

it ap

pear

s in

Sec

tions

4 a

nd 6

; T

he q

ualif

ying

crit

eria

in S

ectio

n 4

and

Sec

tion

6 se

rve

as t

he c

riter

ia a

gain

st w

hich

qua

lific

atio

ns w

ill b

e ev

alua

ted

for

incl

usio

n on

the

lis

t o

f rec

ogni

sed

qual

ifica

tions

.

TA

SK

K

NO

WL

ED

GE

CR

ITE

RIA

S

KIL

L C

RIT

ER

IA

1 .

! Per

form

a n

eeds

ana

lysi

s.

I

Des

crib

e th

e m

echa

nism

(fe

atur

es a

nd b

enef

its)

of:

Dev

elop

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g o

f the

clie

nt's

fin

anci

al

· pr

oduc

ts,

situ

atio

n an

d ne

eds.

· in

tere

st r

ates

, •

pric

ing,

Id

entif

y th

e co

mpl

exity

of t

he c

lient

fin

anci

al s

tatu

s an

d ne

ed t

o in

vest

. "

perio

d.

Dis

cuss

the

var

ious

fin

anci

al s

olut

ions

ava

ilabl

e to

Id

entif

y th

e cl

ient

's p

rodu

ct a

nd i

nves

tmen

t ne

eds,

a

clie

nt in

clud

ing

but

not l

imite

d to

: w

ants

, pr

efer

ence

s an

d ob

ject

ives

.

" liq

uidi

ty,

. le

ngth

of d

epos

it,

Pro

pose

an

appr

opria

te f

inan

cial

sol

utio

n.

. in

tere

st in

com

e re

quire

men

ts

2.

Cal

cula

te i

nter

est

on a

dep

osit.

E

xpla

in h

ow in

tere

st is

cal

cula

ted

on d

epos

its.

Per

form

tim

e va

lue

calc

ulat

ions

in t

erm

s of

a

finan

cial

dep

osit.

Exp

lain

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

nom

inal

and

In

form

the

clie

nt o

n ac

tual

and

/or

pote

ntia

l in

tere

st

effe

ctiv

e in

tere

st r

ates

. ea

rnin

gs o

n a

depo

sit.

Dis

cuss

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

nom

inal

and

In

form

the

clie

nt o

n th

e re

turn

on

inve

stm

ent o

n a

effe

ctiv

e in

tere

st r

ates

. sp

ecifi

c de

posi

t pro

duct

. ----

Com

mun

icat

e pr

icin

g, f

ees

and

Dis

cuss

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

pric

ing,

fee

s an

d E

duca

te t

he c

lient

reg

ardi

ng t

he p

ricin

g, f

ees

and

3.

com

mis

sion

s to

clie

nts.

co

mm

issi

ons.

co

mm

issi

ons

paya

ble

for

the

vario

us d

epos

it pr

oduc

ts.

Exp

lain

the

rel

evan

t priC

ing

rele

vant

to e

ach

\ pr

oduc

t cat

egor

y.

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29

Noof

TA

SK

---

KN

OW

LE

DG

E C

RIT

ER

IA

Exp

lain

the

rel

evan

t fee

s re

leva

nt to

eac

h pr

oduc

t ca

tego

ry.

Exp

lain

the

rel

evan

t co

mm

issi

on r

elev

ant t

o ea

ch

-L

pr

oduc

t ca

tego

ry.

4.

Com

mun

icat

e th

e va

rious

E

xpla

in t

he d

iffer

ence

bet

wee

n a

bank

dep

osit

and

inve

stm

ent p

rodu

ct o

ptio

ns t

o de

posi

ts in

the

for

m o

f in

vest

men

ts.

the

clie

nt in

rel

atio

n to

de

posi

ts.

List

the

type

s of

gen

eric

inve

stm

ent p

rodu

cts

avai

labl

e in

rel

atio

n to

dep

osits

. D

iscu

ss t

he b

enef

its o

f us

ing

a ge

neric

inve

stm

ent

prod

uct

in r

elat

ion

to a

dep

osit

prod

uct.

Dis

cuss

und

er w

hich

circ

umst

ance

s a

gene

ric

inve

stm

ent p

rodu

ct w

ill b

e m

ore

suita

ble

for

a cl

ient

.

5.

Com

mun

icat

e th

e di

ffer

ent

Iden

tify

the

vari

ous

depo

sit

prod

uct

cate

gorie

s (e

.g.

prod

uct

cate

gori

es t

o t

he

savi

ngs,

tra

nsac

tion

& in

vest

men

ts).

cl

ient

. D

iscu

ss t

hese

var

ious

dep

osit

prod

uct

cate

gorie

s in

te

rms

of:

• fe

atur

es

• be

nefit

s

· pr

oduc

t ru

les

~

Com

ply

with

dis

clos

ure

Dis

cuss

wha

t dis

clos

ure

requ

irem

ents

sho

uld

be

requ

irem

ents

. m

et w

hen

advi

sing

a c

lient

in t

erm

s of

a d

epos

it pr

oduc

t, in

clud

ing

but

not l

imite

d to

: •

prod

uct d

iscl

osur

es,

• di

sclo

sure

s ab

out f

ees,

pric

ing,

early

With

draw

al,

• pe

nalti

es,

• in

tere

st r

ates

and

· st

atus

of

the

repr

esen

tativ

es.

SK

ILL

CR

ITE

RIA

Edu

cate

the

clie

nt r

egar

ding

gen

eric

inve

stm

ent

prod

ucts

in r

elat

ion

to d

epos

it pr

oduc

ts.

Edu

cate

the

clie

nt r

egar

ding

var

ious

dep

osit

prod

uct c

ateg

orie

s in

rel

atio

n to

the

clie

nt's

nee

ds.

Dis

clos

e th

e re

leva

nt p

rodu

ct in

form

atio

n to

the

cl

ient

.

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No.

TA

SK

7.

Adh

ere

to t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of

the

Spe

cific

Cod

e o

f C

ondu

ct

for

Sho

rt-t

erm

Dep

osit

Bus

ines

s.

I .8.

. A

pply

his

/her

und

erst

andi

ng o

f

\

the

Sou

th A

fric

an f

inan

cial

and

ec

onom

ic c

onte

xt in

rel

atio

n to

pr

oduc

t ca

tego

ry.

9.

App

ly a

bas

ic u

nder

stan

ding

of

Life

Ins

uran

ce a

nd s

cope

of

Insu

ranc

e in

Sou

th A

fric

a.

30

KN

OW

LE

DG

E C

RIT

ER

IA

Dis

cuss

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he C

ode

in t

erm

s of

:

· U

nsol

icite

d co

ntac

ting

of c

lient

s

· G

ener

al d

utie

s o

f the

pro

vide

r •

Con

trac

tual

ter

ms

and

cond

ition

s •

Dut

ies

rega

rdin

g fu

rnis

hing

adv

ice

to c

lient

s

· D

etai

ls o

n a

cco

un

t ope

ratio

n e

Con

fiden

tialit

y an

d pr

ivac

y •

Adv

ertis

ing

q C

ompl

aint

res

olut

ion

proc

esse

s

· W

aiv

er

of r

ight

s D

iscu

ss t

he f

ollo

win

g:

· T

he

orig

ins

of

mon

ey,

• ba

nkin

g an

d th

e ba

nkin

g sy

stem

(in

clud

ing

the

natio

nal p

aym

ent

syst

em a

nd m

oney

cre

atio

n).

Exp

lain

the

int

eres

t rat

e tr

ends

in t

he S

outh

Afr

ican

e

con

om

y in

rel

atio

n to

the

dep

osit

prod

uct.

Exp

lain

wha

t in

tere

st r

ates

are

.

"i::J

rscu

ss w

hy it

is i

mpo

rtan

t whe

n gi

ving

adv

ice

on

depo

sit p

rodu

cts.

-Dis

cuss

the

rol

e of

ban

king

with

in t

he S

outh

Afr

ican

ec

onom

y, i

nclu

ding

but

no

t lim

ited

to:

• in

tere

st r

ates

,

· ris

k an

d

· ec

onom

ic in

dica

tors

E

xpla

in t

he i

mpa

ct o

f the

SA

eco

nom

y, r

ate

and

risks

on

the

prod

uct

sele

ctio

n.

Exp

lain

the

int

eres

t rat

es a

nd p

rodu

ct r

isks

rel

ated

to

the

pro

duct

cat

egor

ies

clea

rly.

Exp

lain

brie

fl w

hat

the

vario

us li

fe in

sura

nce

optio

ns a

re w

ithin

the

Sou

th A

fric

an c

onte

xt.

SK

ILL

CR

ITE

RIA

Co

mp

ly w

ith t

he S

peci

fic C

ode

of

Con

duct

for

Sho

rt-t

erm

Dep

osit

Bus

ines

s w

hen

givi

ng a

dvic

e in

de

posi

t pr

oduc

ts.

Ren

der

finan

cial

ser

vice

s, k

eepi

ng t

he S

outh

A

fric

an e

cono

mic

con

text

in m

ind

as i

t rel

ates

to

depo

sit p

rodu

cts.

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31

No

. T

AS

K

KN

OW

LE

DG

E C

RIT

ER

IA

Dis

cuss

whe

n a

clie

nt w

ould

req

uire

life

insu

ranc

e.

I----~~ I----~

10.

Det

erm

ine

the

clie

nts

need

for

E

xpla

in th

e pr

inci

ples

of

insu

ranc

e in

clud

ing:

in

sura

nce.

the

conc

epts

of

insu

rabl

e in

tere

st,

· in

sura

ble

risk,

du

ty o

f dis

clos

ure,

inde

mni

ty,

· av

erag

e,

• co

mpe

nsat

ion,

subr

ogat

ion,

· pr

oxim

ate

caus

e,

· co

ntrib

utio

n.

Dis

cuss

the

pol

icy

wor

ding

/s in

clud

ing:

· th

e co

ncep

t of

exc

ess,

· un

derw

ritin

g cr

iteria

and

type

s o

f pe

rils.

D

escr

ibe

the

bene

fits

offe

red

by

rele

vant

pro

duct

s.

Exp

lain

the

diff

eren

t lin

es o

f in

sura

nce.

I ExP

iain

th

e d

ITto

rent

typ

es o

f co

ver

(inc

ludi

ng s

elf

insu

ranc

e) a

vaila

ble

in r

elat

ion

to t

he i

mpl

icat

ions

an

d be

nefit

s th

ereo

f. .

Des

crib

e w

hat

spec

ific

cont

ract

ual

oblig

atio

ns t

he

clie

nt m

ay

be r

espo

nsib

le fo

r.

Iden

tify

the

poss

ible

are

as o

f ris

k to

whi

ch t

he c

lient

I m

ight

be

expo

sed.

SK

ILL

CR

ITE

RIA

App

ly th

e pr

inci

ples

of

insu

ranc

e w

hen

dete

rmin

ing

the

clie

nt's

nee

d fr

o in

sura

nce.

Gat

her

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

by

com

plet

ing

a qu

estio

nnai

re w

here

app

licab

le.

Est

ablis

h th

e in

sura

ble

inte

rest

, pr

evio

us c

laim

s lo

ss h

isto

ry,

prev

ious

ins

uran

ce a

nd p

erso

nal

finan

cial

sta

tus

of t

he c

I ien

t.

Rec

ord

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion.

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Sec

tion

7:

RE

7:

Sec

ond

Leve

l R

egul

ator

y E

xam

ina

tion

: Lo

ng T

erm

Ins

uran

ce C

ateg

ory

B,

C a

nd R

etai

l P

ensi

on F

unds

(1

) (2)

(3)

No.

f-

---.

1.

!--:-

. 2.

All

repr

esen

tativ

es p

erfo

rmin

g fin

anci

al s

ervi

ces

in r

elat

ion

to c

ateg

ory

I, su

bcat

egor

y 1.

3 Lo

ng T

erm

Ins

uran

ce C

ateg

ory

B,

1.4

Long

-ter

m

Insu

ranc

e C

ateg

ory

C a

nd

1.5

Ret

ail

Pen

sion

B

enef

its a

re

requ

ired

to

com

plet

e a

first

lev

el

regu

lato

ry

exam

inat

ion,

ba

sed

on

the

qual

ifyin

g cr

iteri

a as

it

appe

ars

in S

ectio

n 6

and

a se

cond

lev

el r

egul

ator

y ex

amin

atio

n ba

sed

on t

he q

ualif

ying

crit

eria

in

Sec

tion

4 an

d S

ectio

n 7;

E

xam

inat

ion

bodi

es

have

the

dis

cret

iona

ry p

ower

s to

of

fer

a co

mbi

natio

n ex

amin

atio

n fo

r re

pres

enta

tives

wor

king

w

ith

Long

T

erm

In

sura

nce

Cat

egor

y B

, Lo

ng

Ter

m

Insu

ranc

e C

ateg

ory

C

and

Ret

ail

Pen

sion

B

enef

its

whe

re

such

re

pres

enta

tives

m

ay

choo

se t

o co

mpl

ete

one

exam

inat

ion

that

add

ress

es t

he q

ualif

ying

cri

teri

a as

it a

ppea

rs in

Sec

tions

4 a

nd 7

; T

he q

ualif

ying

crit

eria

in S

ectio

n 4

and

Sec

tion

7 se

rve

as t

he c

riter

ia a

gain

st w

hich

qua

lific

atio

ns w

ill b

e ev

alua

ted

for

incl

usio

n on

the

lis

t of

rec

ogni

sed

qual

ifica

tions

.

Tas

k K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

S

kill

Cri

teri

a

Est

ablis

h an

d de

fine

a D

escr

ibe

how

the

FA

IS C

ode

of C

ondu

ct is

app

lied

Pro

vide

dis

clos

ures

to c

lient

s.

prof

essi

onal

rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith

whe

n pr

ovid

ing

finan

cial

adv

ice

to a

clie

nt.

your

clie

nt.

Dis

cuss

the

dis

clos

ures

tha

t sh

ould

be

mad

e to

"Ga

the

r in

form

atio

n in

ord

er to

cl

ient

s, b

oth

upfr

ont a

nd o

ngoi

ng.

Dis

cuss

the

impo

rtan

ce a

nd p

urpo

se o

f P

erso

nal

cond

uct

a ba

sic

need

s F

inan

cial

Pla

nnin

g an

alys

is f

or a

clie

nt.

f--D

iscu

ss t

he i

mpo

rtan

ce a

nd p

urpo

se o

f In

vest

men

t

~anning

Dis

cuss

the

impo

rtan

ce a

nd p

urpo

se o

f R

isk

Man

agem

ent

Dis

cuss

the

impo

rtan

ce a

nd p

urpo

se o

f R

etire

men

t P

lann

ing.

I D

iscu

ss th

e im

port

ance

and

pur

pose

of

Est

ate

I Pla

nnin

g.

I Dis

cuss

the

info

rmat

ion

requ

ired

whe

n ga

ther

ing

Gat

her

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

by c

ompl

etin

g a

I in

form

atio

n fo

r a

risk

prof

ile a

nd n

eeds

ana

lysi

s.

ques

tionn

aire

/ask

ing

rele

vant

que

stio

ns w

here

ap

plic

able

. D

iscu

ss t

he d

iffer

ent t

ypes

of

clie

nt r

isk

prof

iles.

D

eter

min

e th

e cl

ient

's r

isk

prof

ile (

incl

udin

g ag

e an

d af

ford

abili

ty) .

I D

iscu

ss t

he i

mpo

rtan

ce o

f cas

h m

anag

emen

t .

Gat

her

data

in t

erm

s of

cap

ital a

nd i

ncom

e st

rate

gies

, in

clud

ing

but

not l

imite

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an

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genc

y re

quire

men

ts (

excl

udin

g th

e re

sulta

nt r

ate)

in

orde

r fu

nd,

debt

man

agem

ent,

etc.

to

def

ine

pers

onal

and

fin

anci

al g

oals

of t

he c

lient

_b

y de

term

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T

ask

33

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Dis

cuss

how

fina

ncia

l st

atem

ents

are

int

erpr

eted

.

Des

crib

e th

e im

pact

of

the

life

cycl

e of

an

indi

vidu

al

on t

he fi

nanc

ial

need

s an

alys

is p

roce

ss.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

· th

e cl

ient

's a

bilit

y to

sav

e;

· th

e cl

ient

's a

ttitu

de t

owar

ds d

ebt;

• th

e cl

ient

's a

sset

s an

d lia

bilit

ies,

cas

h flo

w,

inco

me,

net

wor

th a

nd b

udge

t; •

the

clie

nt's

ta

x po

sitio

n.

Gat

her

data

in t

erm

s of

inve

stin

g fo

r gr

owth

an

d/o

r in

com

e (in

clud

ing

exis

ting

port

folio

s) b

y:

· de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's c

urre

nt a

sset

s;

· id

entif

ying

cas

h flo

ws

avai

labl

e fo

r in

vest

men

ts;

· de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's e

xper

ienc

e an

d at

titud

e to

war

ds i

nves

tmen

ts;

• de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's i

nves

tmen

t ob

ject

ives

;

· de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's t

oler

ance

for

inve

stm

ent

risk;

· id

entif

ying

the

clie

nt's

exp

ecta

tions

in t

erm

s of

re

turn

; •

iden

tifyi

ng t

he c

lient

's t

ime

horiz

on.

Gat

her

data

in t

erm

s of

ris

k m

an

ag

em

en

t in

clud

ing

deat

h an

d/or

dis

abili

ty a

nd s

hort

-ter

m i

nsur

ance

, by

:

· co

llect

ing

deta

ils o

f the

clie

nt's

exi

stin

g in

sura

nce

cove

rage

;

· de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's r

isk

ma

na

ge

me

nt

obje

ctiv

es;

· de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's t

oler

ance

for

ris

k;

· de

term

inin

g th

e cl

ient

's l

ifest

yle

and

heal

th

issu

es.

Ga

the

r d

ata

in t

erm

s of

ret

irem

ent

plan

ning

by

colle

ctin

g in

form

atio

n:

• on

pot

entia

l so

urce

s of

ret

irem

ent

inco

me;

deta

ils o

f es

timat

ed r

etir

emen

t ex

pens

es;

• on

the

clie

nt's

ret

irem

ent

obje

ctiv

es;

· re

gard

ing

the

clie

nt's

atti

tude

tow

ards

re

tirem

ent.

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-' ~ w

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No

. T

ask

I I

! 3.

A

naly

se a

nd e

valu

ate

the

clie

nt's

fin

anci

al s

tatu

s as

par

t of

a b

asic

nee

ds a

naly

sis.

I

34

Knowl~dge C

rite

ria

Exp

lain

wh

at

is m

eant

by

"tim

e va

lue

of m

oney

".

Des

crib

e th

e ta

x im

plic

atio

ns fo

r th

e cl

ient

whe

n an

alys

ing

and

eval

uatin

g th

e cl

ient

's c

apita

l an

d in

com

e re

quire

men

ts (

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he

Inco

me

Tax

Act

, 19

62)

incl

udin

g bu

t no

t lim

ited

to:

· F

ringe

ben

efits

· A

ccru

als

from

Ann

uitie

s

· Lu

mp

sum

s fr

om t

erm

inat

ion

of e

mpl

oym

ent

· D

ivid

ends

and

Int

eres

t

· .C

ontr

ibut

ions

Don

atio

ns

• D

educ

tions

· E

xem

ptio

ns a

nd E

xclu

sion

s

· S

ITE

and

PA

VE

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Gat

her

data

in t

erm

s of

est

ate

plan

ning

by

colle

ctin

g in

form

atio

n on

: •

lega

l agr

eem

ents

and

doc

umen

ts im

pact

ing

on

esta

te p

lann

ing;

the

clie

nt's

est

ate

plan

ning

obj

ectiv

es;

• bu

sine

ss r

elat

ions

hips

and

fam

ily d

ynam

ics

that

im

eact

on

esta

te e

lann

ing.

C

ondu

ct a

bas

ic n

eeds

ana

lysi

s fo

r a

clie

nt in

ter

ms

of: ·

Per

sona

l F

inan

cial

Pla

nnin

g •

Inve

stm

ent

Pla

nnin

g

· R

isk

Man

agem

ent

· R

etire

men

t P

lann

ing

· E

stat

e P

lann

ing

· B

usin

ess

assu

ranc

e (w

here

app

licab

le);

Hea

lth c

are.

P

erfo

rm t

ime

valu

e o

f m

oney

cal

cula

tions

whe

n an

alys

ing

a cl

ient

's c

apita

l an

d in

com

e re

quire

men

ts

(exc

ludi

ng t

he r

esul

tant

rat

e fo

rmul

a).

Per

form

bas

ic c

ash

flow

cal

cula

tions

.

Ana

lyse

inco

me

tax

impl

icat

ions

and

cal

cula

te t

ax

effic

ient

sol

utio

ns (

by p

erfo

rmin

g ba

sic

tax

calc

ulat

ions

) .

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No

. T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

· C

apita

l G

ains

Ta

x •

VA

T

Dis

cuss

the

cap

ital

need

s an

d in

com

e r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

eve

nt o

f de

ath,

dis

abili

ty a

nd d

read

dis

ease

in

clud

ing

but

no

t lim

ited

to:

• R

epay

men

t of

cap

ital

amou

nts

· R

epla

cem

ent

of

inco

me

• P

rovi

sion

fo

r la

st e

xpen

ses

• M

edic

al e

xpen

ses

Dis

cuss

the

impl

icat

ions

of t

he U

fe O

ffic

er's

A

ssoc

iatio

n C

odes

of g

ood

Pra

ctic

e in

Dis

abili

ty

Insu

ranc

e w

hen

dete

rmin

ing

the

clie

nt's

cap

ital

and

inco

me

requ

irem

ents

. D

iscu

ss t

he i

mpl

icat

ions

of t

he E

stat

e D

uty

Act

, 19

55 w

hen

dete

rm in

ing

the

clie

nt's

cap

ital

and

. in

com

e re

quir

emen

ts in

the

eve

nt o

f de

ath.

~iSCUS

S the

impl

icat

ions

of t

he l

ife c

ycle

of a

n Ln

divi

dual

cap

ital

and

inco

me

requ

irem

ents

. B

rief

ly d

escr

ibe

finan

cial

mar

kets

and

ins

trum

ents

in

term

s of

inve

stm

ents

incl

udin

g:

· C

apita

l m

ark

et

• M

oney

Mar

ket

• E

quity

Ma

rke

t

· P

rope

rty

Mar

ket.

I •

Har

d A

sset

s •

Der

ivat

ives

E

xpla

in t

he b

asic

inv

estm

ent p

rinc

iple

s in

clud

ing

but

no

t lim

ited

to:

• in

com

e v

ersu

s ca

pita

l gr

owth

• ris

k ve

rsus

ret

urn

• ta

x ef

ficie

ncy

• T

ime

Val

ue o

f M

on

ey

· E

cono

mic

Ind

icat

ors

incl

udin

g bu

t n

ot l

imite

d to

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Det

erm

ine

the

clie

nt's

cap

ital

need

in t

he e

vent

of

deat

h, d

isab

ility

, re

tren

chm

ent

and/

or r

etir

emen

t in

or

der

to p

rovi

de f

or

capi

tal

requ

irem

ents

and

inc

ome

requ

irem

ents

(ex

clud

ing

Cap

ital

Gai

ns T

ax).

Cal

cula

te t

he t

ax o

n lu

mp

sum

s w

hen

dete

rmin

ing

the

clie

nt's

cap

ital

and

inco

me

requ

irem

ents

in t

he

even

t of d

eath

, di

sabi

lity,

ret

renc

hmen

t an

d re

tirem

ent.

Cal

cula

te th

e ta

x de

duct

ibili

ty o

n p

rem

ium

s w

hen

dete

rmin

ing

the

clie

nt's

cap

ital

and

inco

me

requ

irem

ents

in t

he e

vent

of d

eath

, di

sabi

lity,

re

tren

chm

ent

and

retir

emen

t.

CaJ

cula

te t

he r

equi

red

rate

of

retu

rn t

o re

ach

the

clie

nt's

inv

estm

ent o

bjec

tives

.

Inte

rpre

t a.

ndco

mm

unic

ate

econ

omic

indi

cato

rs a

nd

thei

r ef

fect

on

a cl

ient

's i

nves

tmen

t po

rtfo

lio.

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No.

T

ask

36

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

infla

tion

rate

s, C

PIX

, in

tere

st r

ates

, G

OP

, cu

rren

cy,

exch

ange

rat

es a

nd t

heir

affe

ct o

n in

vest

men

ts

Ben

chm

arks

and

ind

ices

E

cono

mic

prin

cipl

es (

buy

and

sell.

eco

nom

ic

cycl

es,

supp

ly a

nd

• F

orei

gn I

inte

rnat

iona

l M

arke

t E

xpec

tatio

ns a

nd I

nves

tmen

t R

isk

Act

ive

vers

us p

assi

ve m

anag

emen

t R

and

Cos

t Ave

ragi

ng

Com

poun

d In

tere

st a

nd r

einv

estm

ent

of in

com

e D

iver

sific

atio

n D

escr

ibe

the

mai

n as

set

clas

ses

in t

erm

s of

st

ruct

ure

(incl

udin

g ris

k vs

. re

turn

, vo

latil

ity a

ttach

ed

to e

ach

asse

t cl

ass)

as

it re

late

s to

: • ..

prop

erty

I al

tern

ativ

e in

vest

men

ts a

nd

cash

inve

stm

ents

. Li

st t

he r

elev

ant

indu

stry

rol

e pl

ayer

s in

inv

estm

ents

an

d de

scrib

e th

eir

func

tions

incl

udin

g bu

t no

t lim

ited

to: • ..

CIS

Man

ager

(M

anag

emen

t C

o)

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I C

usto

dian

R

egis

trar

A

SIS

A

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inis

trat

ive

FS

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Pen

sion

fun

d be

nefit

adm

inis

trat

ors

Ana

lyse

a c

lient

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urre

nt p

ortfo

lio o

f as

sets

in t

erm

s o

f: Ta

x ef

fect

iven

ess

Ris

k

Ski

ll C

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ria

Det

erm

ine

a cl

ient

's i

nves

tmen

t nee

ds in

ter

ms

of

inve

stin

g fo

r in

com

e an

d lo

r gr

owth

, ba

sed

on t

he

clie

nt's

ris

k pr

ofile

, in

clud

ing

advi

ce o

n ex

istin

g in

vest

men

t oo

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Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a

Impa

ct o

f in

flatio

n M

atur

ity D

ates

D

iver

sific

atio

n C

ost

Rat

e o

f Ret

urn

Dis

cuss

the

diff

eren

t typ

es o

f in

vest

men

ts in

clud

ing

but

not

limite

d to

: C

olle

ctiv

e In

vest

men

t S

chem

es

Equ

ities

Inte

rest

-Bea

ring

Inve

stm

ents

Li

nked

and

Mar

ket-

rela

ted

inve

stm

ents

E

ndow

men

ts

Tan

k C

onta

iner

s ..

Hed

ge F

unds

!:

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inn

I In

tern

atio

nal I

nves

tmen

ts

Des

crib

e th

e di

ffer

ent t

ypes

of i

nves

tmen

ts in

ter

ms

of:

Pur

pose

an

d •

Cha

ract

eris

tics

(Pric

e, F

ees

cost

s an

d te

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atio

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and

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, '

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mita

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ss t

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gal

requ

irem

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ass

ocia

ted

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vest

men

ts.

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ll C

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Mat

ch t

he a

ppro

pria

te in

vest

men

t pr

oduc

ts w

ith t

he

clie

nt's

ris

k pr

ofile

and

inv

estm

ent

need

s.

Des

crib

e th

e di

ffer

ent t

ypes

of

inve

stm

ents

and

th

e di

ffere

nces

to t

he c

lient

in

lang

uage

and

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he c

lient

's

exis

ting

know

ledg

e in

ord

er to

ass

ist t

he c

lient

mak

e an

app

ropr

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No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

Des

crib

e th

e es

tate

dut

y im

plic

atio

ns f

or t

he c

lient

w

hen

anal

ysin

g an

d ev

alua

ting

prop

osed

in

vest

men

t opt

ions

(in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Est

ate

Dut

y A

ct,

1955

).

Des

crib

e th

e tr

ansf

er d

uty

impl

icat

ions

for

the

clie

nt

whe

n an

alys

ing

and

eval

uatin

g pr

opos

ed

inve

stm

ent o

ptio

ns (

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he T

rans

fer

Dut

y A

ct,

1949

).

Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f mar

riage

and

div

orce

w

hen

anal

ysin

g an

d ev

alua

ting

prop

osed

in

vest

men

t opt

ions

(in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

M

atrim

onia

l P

rope

rty

Act

, 19

88).

D

escr

ibe

the

impl

icat

ions

of t

he P

ensi

on F

unds

Act

, 19

56 w

hen

anal

ysin

g an

d ev

alua

ting

prop

osed

in

vest

men

t opt

ions

. D

iscu

ss t

he c

lass

ifica

tion

of c

olle

ctiv

e in

vest

men

t sc

hem

es a

s de

scrib

ed in

the

Ass

ocia

tion

for

Sav

ings

and

Inv

estm

ent f

or S

A (

AS

ISA

) C

ode

of

Pra

ctic

e re

latin

g to

Fun

d C

lass

ifica

tions

for

SA

R

egul

ated

CI

Por

tfolio

s.

Des

crib

e th

e im

pact

of

the

Long

-Ter

m I

nsur

ance

Act

19

98 o

n in

vest

men

ts,

incl

udin

g:

· S

urre

nder

val

ues;

· In

solv

ency

and

pol

icie

s;

· P

rem

ium

esc

alat

ion;

· 4

Fun

d ap

proa

ch;

· 20

% R

ule;

· F

orei

gn E

xcha

nge

Con

trol

Reg

ulat

ions

. D

escr

ibe

the

impa

ct o

f le

gisl

atio

n on

bus

ines

s as

sura

nce

in t

erm

s of

: •

Law

of

Con

trac

t •

Mat

rimon

ial

Pro

pert

y A

ct,

1988

· In

com

e T

ax A

ct,

1962

· E

stat

e D

uty

Act

, 19

55

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Iden

tify

the

area

s of

ris

k to

whi

ch t

he c

lient

is

expo

sed,

and

det

erm

ine

the

clie

nt's

nee

d fo

r bu

sine

ss a

ssur

ance

.

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No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

. D

efer

red

Com

pens

atio

n, P

refe

rred

C

ompe

nsat

ion

Dis

cuss

the

var

ious

bus

ines

s en

titie

s, a

nd t

heir

busi

ness

ass

uran

ce r

equi

rem

ents

. D

iscu

ss th

e ro

le o

f bu

sine

ss v

alua

tion

and

loan

ac

coun

t cov

er in

det

erm

inin

g a

clie

nt's

nee

d fo

r i b

usin

ess

assu

ranc

e.

I D

iscu

ss t

he n

eed

for

busi

ness

con

tinge

ncy

plan

s in

I d

eter

min

ing

the

clie

nt's

nee

d fo

r bu

sine

ss

, as

sura

nce.

I

Dis

cuss

how

the

buyi

ng a

nd s

ellin

g of

I

stoc

k/pr

oduc

ts a

ffect

s th

e ne

ed f

or b

usin

ess

I as

sura

nce.

I i I E

xpla

in t

he p

rinci

ples

of

insu

ranc

e in

clud

ing

the

conc

epts

of

insu

rabl

e in

tere

st,

insu

rabl

e ris

k, d

uty

of

disc

losu

re,

inde

mni

ty,

aver

age,

com

pens

atio

n,

subr

ogat

ion,

pro

xim

ate

caus

e, c

ontr

ibut

ion,

law

of

cont

ract

.

Des

crib

e th

e di

ffer

ent t

ypes

of

life

assu

ranc

e an

d di

sabi

lity

insu

ranc

e, s

hort

-ter

m in

sura

nce

(com

mer

cial

and

per

sona

l lin

es)

and

heal

th

insu

ranc

e in

ter

ms

of:

· P

urpo

se

· S

truc

ture

· C

hara

cter

istic

s (R

ates

, C

osts

, T

erm

, U

nder

lyin

g

---

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Iden

tify

the

area

s of

ris

k to

whi

ch t

he c

lient

is

expo

sed,

and

det

erm

ine

the

clie

nts

need

for

life

as

sura

nce,

sho

rt-t

erm

ins

uran

ce a

nd h

ealth

car

e in

sura

nce.

E

stab

lish

the

clie

nt's

:

· in

sura

ble

inte

rest

,

· pr

evio

us c

laim

s lo

ss h

isto

ry,

• pr

evio

us i

nsur

ance

· cu

rren

t in

sura

nce

cove

rage

· th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f cha

nges

to

the

curr

ent

insu

ranc

e, a

nd

• pe

rson

al f

inan

cial

sta

tus

in o

rder

to

prio

ritis

e th

e cl

ient

's r

isk

man

agem

ent

need

s.

Mat

ch t

he a

ppro

pria

te in

sura

nce

prod

ucts

with

the

cl

ient

's r

isk

prof

ile a

nd i

nves

tmen

t ne

eds.

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No.

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K

no

w.le

dg

e C

rite

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Por

tfolio

, T

a'(

etc.

}

· B

enef

its

• Li

mita

tions

, •

Res

tric

tions

, E

xclu

sion

s &

Wai

ting

Per

iods

Pre

miu

ms

& C

ontr

ibut

ions

Pol

icy

prov

isio

ns &

Sch

eme

Rul

es

Dis

cuss

the

im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

Med

ical

Sch

emes

A

ct a

nd t

he i

mpa

ct o

n m

edic

al s

chem

es a

nd

insu

ranc

e pr

oduc

ts.

Des

crib

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f m

arria

ge a

nd d

ivor

ce

whe

n an

alys

ing

and

eval

uatin

g pr

opos

ed r

etire

men

t I

optio

ns (

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he M

atrim

onia

l P

rope

rty

Act

, 19

88.

Div

orce

Act

197

9, M

aint

enan

ce

of

Sur

vivi

ng S

pous

es 1

990,

and

Pen

sion

Fun

ds A

ct,

1956

).

Exp

lain

wha

t is

mea

nt b

y a

retir

emen

t an

nuity

.

Exp

lain

wha

t is

mea

nt b

y a

pres

erva

tion

fund

.

----

Exp

lain

wha

t is

mea

nt b

y a

livin

g an

nuity

.

Exp

lain

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

an a

nnui

ty a

nd a

!

savi

ngs

polic

y.

Dis

cuss

the

diff

eren

t typ

es o

f re

tirem

ent

optio

ns

incl

udin

g bu

t n

ot l

imite

d to

(be

nefit

s, c

ontr

ibut

ions

, ta

x et

c.)

in t

erm

s of

:

• Li

ving

ann

uity

Join

t life

ann

uity

· R

etire

men

t an

nuity

with

life

and

dis

abili

ty c

over

Ret

irem

ent

annu

ity w

ithou

t lif

e co

ver

• R

etire

men

t an

nuity

link

ed t

o an

inv

estm

ent

Exp

lain

-tax

min

imiz

atio

n I

relie

f (r

etire

men

t an

nuiti

es

an

dle

ase

s). _

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ll C

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ess

finan

cial

t:

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ret

ir!

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t dat

e.

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erm

ine

whe

ther

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clie

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ret

irem

ent

obje

ctiv

es

are

real

istir

.

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elop

fin

anci

al p

roje

ctio

ns b

ased

on

curr

ent

posi

tion,

and

ass

ess

the

impa

ct o

f ch

ange

s to

~ssumetions o

n fin

anci

al e

roje

ctio

ns.

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side

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ow

led

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Exp

lain

the

bas

ic r

ules

per

tain

ing

to t

he t

axat

ion

of

retir

emen

t fu

nds.

D

iscu

ss t

he m

axim

um c

ontr

ibut

ions

for

ret

irem

ent

fund

s.

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Exp

lain

exi

stin

g em

ploy

ee b

enef

its in

ter

ms

of th

e A

naly

se a

bus

ines

s cl

ient

's e

mpl

oyee

ben

efit

impa

ct o

f the

: pr

ovis

ion

and

requ

irem

ents

• •

Pen

sion

Fun

ds A

ct,

1956

P

ensi

on F

und

Rul

es

of

1979

In

com

e T

ax

Act

, 19

62

Spo

uses

, 19

90

Long

-Ter

m I

nsur

ance

Act

, 19

98

Gro

uD R

isk

Ben

efits

Inte

rpre

t the

pen

sion

fun

ds s

tate

men

t.

Ana

lyse

an

esta

te in

ord

er to

pro

pose

an

appr

opria

te f

inan

cial

sol

utio

n, (

excl

udin

g re

sulta

nt

rate

), i

nclu

ding

: •

Net

wor

th a

t de

ath

Pot

entia

l ex

pens

es a

nd t

axes

ow

ing

at

deat

h •

Spe

cific

nee

ds o

f be

nefic

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s o

f the

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at d

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im

pact

of t

he f

ollo

win

g A

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on a

n P

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rm a

bas

ic e

stat

e du

ty c

alcu

latio

n (in

clud

ing

esta

te,

whe

re r

esid

ue m

ay

be b

eque

athe

d to

ex

ecut

or's

fees

), w

here

res

idue

ma

y be

beq

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hed

spou

se a

nd w

here

a c

lient

may

be

mar

ried

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or

to s

pous

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d w

here

clie

nt m

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d w

ithou

t ac

crua

l), a

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unity

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prop

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1 955

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42

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lain

the

im

pa

ct o

f the

fol

low

ing

Act

s on

the

liq

uidi

ty o

f an

est

ate:

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stat

e D

uty

Act

, 19

55

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atrim

onia

l P

rope

rty

Act

, 19

88

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test

ate

Suc

cess

ion

Act

, 19

87

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ills

Act

, 19

53

· C

GT

I In

com

e T

ax

Act

, 19

62

• D

ivor

ce A

ct,

1979

· P

ensi

on F

unds

Act

, 19

56

· M

aint

enan

ce o

f S

urvi

ving

Spo

uses

, 19

90

Dis

cuss

the

conc

ept

of a

trus

t an

d its

ben

efits

in

I--es

tate

pla

nnin

g.

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lain

the

nee

d to

sav

e fo

r re

tirem

ent

and

the

impl

icat

ions

of

not

havi

ng s

aved

for

ret

irem

ent.

~~

Exp

lain

how

fina

ncia

l pr

oduc

ts a

re li

nked

to

a cl

ient

's n

eeds

and

cir

cum

stan

ces.

Dis

cuss

bas

ic in

vest

men

t pr

inci

ples

.

Dis

cu

ss th

e ba

sic

com

pone

nts

of

an i

nves

tmen

t st

rate

gy in

clud

ing:

Wea

lth c

reat

ion

• In

com

e ge

nera

tion

· W

ealth

pro

tect

ion

I S

kill

Cri

teri

a

~ P

erfo

rm a

bas

ic e

stat

e liq

uidi

ty c

alcu

latio

n (n

ot

taki

ng C

GT

into

acc

ount

).

Iden

tify

the

suita

bilit

y o

f a p

rodu

ct t

o m

eet t

he

clie

nt's

nee

ds.

Sel

ect t

he m

ost

app

ropr

iate

pro

duct

s in

ord

er to

m

ee

t the

clie

nt's

nee

ds.

Edu

cate

the

clie

nt in

ter

ms

of th

e ne

ed t

o pr

ovid

e fin

anci

ally

for

retir

emen

t. R

ecom

men

d st

ruct

ures

and

pro

duct

s to

add

ress

a

clie

nt's

fina

ncia

l, re

tirem

ent,

risk,

inv

estm

ents

, es

tate

pla

nnin

g ne

eds

and

busi

ness

ass

uran

ce

need

s.

Com

mun

icat

e pr

oduc

t fea

ture

s an

d be

nefit

s to

a

clie

nt in

sim

ple

and

ea

sy to

und

erst

and

lang

uage

in

orde

r to

ena

ble

the

clie

nt to

mak

e an

inf

orm

ed

deci

sion

. (I

nclu

ding

eco

nom

ic c

once

pts,

eve

nts,

in

dica

tors

, C

PIX

, et

c.)

Adv

ise

the

clie

nt o

n th

e in

com

e ta

x im

plic

atio

ns

(incl

udin

g C

apita

l G

ains

Tax

), t

rans

fer

duty

and

es

tate

dut

y of

exi

stin

g an

d pr

opos

ed in

vest

men

ts.

Adv

ise

the

clie

nt o

n th

e be

nefit

s of

offs

hore

di

vers

ifica

tion

as p

art o

f an

inve

stm

ent p

lan

(incl

udin

g cu

rren

cy r

isk)

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No.

T

ask

K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

Des

crib

e an

act

ive

vs.

a pa

ssiv

e ap

proa

ch t

o F

und

Man

agem

ent.

D

escr

ibe

the

tax

impl

icat

ions

for

the

clie

nt w

hen

anal

ysin

g an

d ev

alua

ting

prop

osed

inv

estm

ent

optio

ns (

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he I

ncom

e T

ax

Act

, 19

62).

D

iscu

ss t

he f

eatu

res

and

bene

fits

of in

sura

nce

prod

ucts

. E

xpla

in t

he d

iffer

ent t

ypes

of

cove

r (in

clud

ing

self

insu

ranc

e) a

vaila

ble

and

the

impl

icat

ions

and

be

nefit

s th

ereo

f. E

xpla

in t

he p

olic

y w

ordi

ng/s

inc

ludi

ng t

he c

once

pt o

f ex

cess

, un

derw

ritin

g cr

iteri

a an

d ty

pes

of p

erils

. D

escr

ibe

clie

nt s

peci

fic c

ontr

actu

al o

blig

atio

ns o

f th

e va

riou

s pr

oduc

ts.

Pro

vide

a b

asic

exp

lana

tion

of a

nnui

ties.

Des

crib

e th

e do

natio

ns t

ax i

mpl

icat

ions

whi

ch m

ay

be o

r be

com

e ap

plic

able

to

a cl

ient

's f

inan

cial

pl

ans/

actio

ns (

busi

ness

).

Dis

cuss

the

im

plic

atio

ns o

f a b

enef

icia

ry n

omin

atio

n on

a p

olic

y, r

esig

natio

n an

d w

ithdr

awal

, w

indi

ng u

p o

f a

fund

. D

escr

ibe

the

impl

icat

ions

of a

ben

efic

iary

no

min

atio

n on

a p

olic

y, r

esig

natio

n an

d w

ithdr

awal

, w

indi

ng u

p of

a fu

nd,

incl

udin

g:

• T

a){

impl

icat

ions

Pen

sion

Fun

ds A

ct,

1956

-

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Adv

ise

clie

nts

on e

xist

ing

inve

stm

ent

port

folio

s.

Adv

ise

clie

nts

on t

he i

mpa

ct o

f di

vorc

e, m

arri

age

and

mai

nten

ance

ord

ers

on e

stat

e an

d re

tirem

ent

plan

ning

. In

terp

ret a

nd e

xpla

in t

he p

ensi

on f

unds

sta

tem

ent t

o th

e cl

ient

.

Exp

lain

exi

stin

g em

ploy

ee b

enef

its t

o an

ind

ivid

ual

clie

nt.

Adv

ise

a cl

ient

on

the

impl

icat

ions

of

a be

nefic

iary

no

min

atio

n on

a p

olic

y, r

esig

natio

n an

d w

ithdr

awal

, w

indi

ng u

p of

a fu

nd.

Str

uctu

ring

of a

por

tfolio

(lo

w,

med

ium

and

hig

h ris

f<)

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he c

lient

's n

eeds

. S

truc

ture

pol

icie

s to

max

imiz

e ta

x be

nefit

s.

Adv

ise

clie

nts

on t

he i

mpl

icat

ions

of

rest

ruct

urin

g ex

istin

g in

vest

men

t por

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No.

I

Ta

sk

I K

no

wle

dg

e C

rite

ria

~ I

5.

Impl

emen

t the

fin

anci

al p

lan

Dis

cuss

the

rel

evan

ce o

f di

sclo

sure

s, r

ecor

d of

an

d re

com

men

datio

ns.

advi

ce a

nd t

he F

AIS

cod

e of

con

duct

whe

n de

velo

ping

a fi

nanc

ial

plan

ning

rep

ort.

6.

Mon

itor

the

finan

cial

pla

n an

d D

iscu

ss t

he r

easo

ns f

or r

evie

win

g an

d m

onito

ring

a re

com

men

datio

ns.

finan

cial

pla

n in

clud

ing

but

not

limite

d to

:

· C

hang

es in

per

sona

l ci

rcum

stan

ces

of t

he c

lient

· C

hang

es in

clie

nt g

oals

and

obj

ectiv

es

· C

hang

es in

leg

isla

tion

· In

trod

uctio

n of

new

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es

7.

Adv

ise

clie

nt o

n a

Will

. E

xpla

in t

he i

mpl

icat

ions

if a

clie

nt d

o no

t hav

e a

valid

Will

.

I----

-cc-

--D

iscu

ss t

he i

mpl

icat

ions

of t

he c

laus

es o

f a

stan

dard

will

, ta

king

int

o ac

coun

t:

· T

rust

Com

pany

Con

trol

Act

, 19

88

· A

dmin

istr

atio

n of

Est

ates

Act

, 19

65

· C

ompa

nies

Act

, 19

73

· C

lose

Cor

pora

tions

Act

, 19

84

Ski

ll C

rite

ria

Pro

duce

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

and

und

erst

anda

ble

finan

cial

pla

nnin

g re

port

for

a cl

ient

. P

riorit

ise

actio

n st

eps

to a

ssis

t a c

lient

in

impl

emen

ting

a fin

anci

al p

lan

and

reco

mm

enda

tions

. A

djus

t re

com

men

datio

ns in

acc

orda

nce

chan

ges

in

the

clie

nt's

life

cyc

le a

nd p

erso

nal c

ircu

mst

ance

s.

Reb

alan

ce p

ortfo

lios

as r

equi

red

in o

rder

to m

eet

the

clie

nt's

cha

ngin

g ne

eds.

Exp

lain

to

the

clie

nt th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f hi

s/he

r w

ill

and

how

the

will

ma

y be

upd

ated

/impr

oved

. -E

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in to

the

clie

nt th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f the

cla

uses

of

a s

tand

ard

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. D

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: R

E 8

: S

eco

nd

Le

vel

Re

gu

lato

ry E

...'(a

min

atio

n: P

art

icip

ato

ry In

tere

sts

In C

olle

ctiv

e In

vest

me

nt S

che

me

s

(1 )

(2)

(3) No.

2.

All

repr

esen

tativ

es p

erfo

rmin

g fin

anci

al

serv

ices

in

rela

tion

to c

ateg

ory

I, su

bcat

egor

y P

artic

ipat

ory

Inte

rest

s in

C

olle

ctiv

e In

vest

men

t S

chem

es a

re r

equi

red

to c

ompl

ete

a fir

st l

evel

reg

ulat

ory

exam

inat

ion,

bas

ed o

n th

e qu

alify

ing

crite

ria a

s it

appe

ars

in S

ectio

n 4

and

a se

cond

leve

l re

gula

tory

exa

min

atio

n ba

sed

on t

he q

ualif

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crit

eria

in S

ectio

n 8;

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xam

inat

ion

bodi

es h

ave

the

disc

retio

nary

pow

ers

to o

ffer

a co

mbi

natio

n ex

amin

atio

n fo

r re

pres

enta

tives

wor

king

with

Par

ticip

ator

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tere

sts

in C

olle

ctiv

e In

vest

men

t S

chem

es,

whe

re s

uch

repr

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es m

ay c

hoos

e to

com

plet

e on

e ex

amin

atio

n th

at a

ddre

sses

the

qual

ifyin

g cr

iteri

a as

it

appe

ars

in S

ectio

ns 4

and

8;

The

qua

lifyi

ng c

rite

ria

in S

ectio

n 4

and

Sec

tion

8 se

rve

as t

he c

riter

ia a

gain

st w

hich

qua

lific

atio

ns w

ill b

e ev

alua

ted

for

incl

usio

n on

the

lis

t of

rec

ogni

sed

qual

ifica

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ablis

h an

d de

fine

a D

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w th

e F

AIS

Cod

e of

Con

duct

is a

pplie

d P

rovi

de d

iscl

osur

es to

clie

nts.

pr

ofes

sion

al r

elat

ions

hip

with

.

whe

n pr

ovid

ing

finan

cial

adv

ice

to a

clie

nt.

your

clie

nt.

Dis

cuss

the

prod

uct

disc

losu

res

that

sho

uld

be

mad

e to

clie

nts,

bot

h up

fron

t and

ong

oing

.

Gat

her

info

rmat

ion

in o

rder

to

Dis

cuss

the

impo

rtan

ce a

nd p

urpo

se o

f P

erso

nal

Gat

her

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

by c

ompl

etin

g a

cond

uct

a ba

sic

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cial

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nnin

g.

ques

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aire

/ask

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rele

vant

que

stio

ns w

here

an

alys

is f

or a

clie

nt.

a.E

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able

. D

iscu

ss t

he i

mpo

rtan

ce a

nd p

urpo

se o

f Inv

estm

ent

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erm

ine

the

clie

nt's

ris

k pr

ofile

(in

clud

ing

age

and

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ford

abili

ty) .

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rpre

t and

exp

lain

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ic fi

nanc

ial

stat

emen

ts.

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her

data

in t

erm

s of

cap

ital

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ents

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n or

der

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efin

e pe

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al a

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inan

cial

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ls o

f the

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nt b

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term

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g:

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ient

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bilit

y to

sav

e;

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ttitu

de t

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· th

e cl

ient

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sset

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bilit

ies,

cas

h flo

w,

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wor

th a

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udge

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pos

ition

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3.

Ta

sk

Ana

lyse

and

eva

luat

e th

e cl

ient

's f

inan

cial

sta

tus

as p

art

of a

bas

ic n

eeds

ana

lysi

s.

46

Kn

ow

led

ge

Cri

teri

a S

kill

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teri

a

iden

tifyi

ng c

ash

flow

s av

aila

ble

for

inve

stm

ents

; •

dete

rmin

ing

clie

nt's

exp

erie

nce

and

attit

ude

tow

ards

inv

estm

ents

; •

dete

rmin

ing

clie

nt's

inv

estm

ent

obje

ctiv

es;

clie

nt's

tole

ranc

e fo

r in

vest

men

t

clie

nt's

exp

ecta

tions

in t

erm

s of

f--------_

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nti

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g th

e cl

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me

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on.

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ablis

h th

e cl

ient

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isk

prof

ile a

nd i

nves

tmen

t

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lain

bas

ic i

nves

tmen

t pr

inci

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inc

ludi

ng b

ut n

ot

limite

d to

: in

com

e ve

rsus

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th,

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tax

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&

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e V

alue

of

Indi

cato

rs in

clud

ing

but

not

limite

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rren

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es a

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heir

affe

ct o

n in

vest

men

ts,

• B

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nd i

ndic

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nom

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rinci

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d se

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cono

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, su

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ent

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